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.
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| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 4024 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | 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. |
| Policy Area | Not specified |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | Unknown |
| Latest Action | Unknown |
| Cosponsors | 4 · House vote — · — views |