HR1726-119

In Committee

Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Feb 27, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

The Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act updates a national violent-crime reduction grant program operating in all 94 federal judicial districts. It defines crime analysts and law enforcement assistants, adds hiring crime analysts, law enforcement assistant costs, overtime, and multi-jurisdictional task-force support to eligible uses of Project Safe Neighborhoods funds, and names the task-force provision for Officer Ella Grace French and Sergeant Jim Smith. It also requires the Attorney General to report annually to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees for each program area, detailing how funds were spent, community outreach efforts, and the number and description of violent crime offenses such as murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Who Benefits and How

Local law enforcement agencies benefit because grant funds can support crime analysts, assistants, overtime, and task forces. Federal prosecutors benefit from stronger Project Safe Neighborhoods partnerships in each judicial district. Community leaders benefit from required outreach reporting and continued prevention and intervention work. Crime analysts benefit because the bill makes their hiring an explicit eligible use of funds.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Department of Justice grant staff must update eligible-use rules and administer annual reporting. Attorney General reporting offices must compile spending, outreach, and violent-crime offense data for each program area. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of continued Project Safe Neighborhoods grants. Grant recipients must document spending, outreach, and offense data for transparency reports.

Key Provisions

  • Creates definitions for crime analysts and law enforcement assistants.
  • Expands eligible Project Safe Neighborhoods grant uses to analysts, assistants, overtime, and task-force support.
  • Authorizes support for multi-jurisdictional task forces.
  • Requires annual Attorney General reports on spending, outreach, and violent crime offenses by program area.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Reauthorizes Project Safe Neighborhoods by adding crime analysts, law enforcement assistants, overtime, and multi-jurisdictional task-force support to eligible grant uses and requiring annual transparency reports.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Grants

Primary Purpose

Reauthorizes Project Safe Neighborhoods by adding crime analysts, law enforcement assistants, overtime, and multi-jurisdictional task-force support to eligible grant uses and requiring annual transparency reports.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Grants

Resolution provisions

Identified Gains
  • Local law enforcement agencies
  • Federal prosecutors
  • Community leaders
  • Crime analysts
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Identified Costs
  • Department of Justice grant staff
  • Attorney General reporting offices
  • Federal taxpayers
  • Grant recipients
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 27, 2025

Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Correa, Mr. Bacon, …

Feb 27, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced in House

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Law Enforcement
8 mentions across 4 clauses
+8 positive

Crime analysts, Local law enforcement agencies

Government
8 mentions across 4 clauses
-4 negative ?4 uncertain

Department of Justice, Federal prosecutors

Taxpayers
4 mentions across 4 clauses
-4 negative

Taxpayers

4/5
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Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Grants

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