Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act has not moved since its introduction on Jun 17, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedJun 17, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 76 words.
Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act The bill provides additional funding for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The bill also requires law enforcement agencies that use the funds to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer to (1) perform a background check on the law enforcement officer, and (2) ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation.
Context
- Committees
- House Appropriations Committee
House Budget Committee - Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 128 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 192 words
- Latest action
- Jun 17, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]