To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes.. The local Codex analysis identifies the main policy area as Technology, Education, Criminal Justice, Labor and uses the stored bill text to provide context for clause-level classification.
Who Benefits and How
Program beneficiaries and regulated parties receiving clearer authority, Federal, state, local, or tribal implementers named in the bill may benefit where the bill creates funding, authority, exemptions, eligibility, or procedural clarity.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Agencies responsible for implementation and reporting, Regulated entities subject to new or modified requirements may bear new administrative, reporting, compliance, or implementation responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Establishes or modifies federal legal authority described in the bill text.
- Directs agencies, regulated parties, or program participants to follow the updated statutory framework.
- Provides bill-level context for downstream clause analysis.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes..
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Education, Criminal Justice, Labor
Primary Purpose
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes..
Policy Domains
Billwide scope
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Program beneficiaries and regulated parties receiving clearer authority
- Federal, state, local, or tribal implementers named in the bill
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Agencies responsible for implementation and reporting
- Regulated entities subject to new or modified requirements
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed SenateReported by Mr. Durbin, with an amendment
Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Ms. …
Passed Senate (inferred from es version)
Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Klobuchar, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Law enforcement agencies receiving COPS grants, Law enforcement agencies with educational partnerships, Local law enforcement agencies with declining recruitment
Positive-direction: Law enforcement agencies with educational partnerships, Local law enforcement agencies with declining recruitment, Understaffed law enforcement agencies
Negative-direction: Law enforcement agencies receiving COPS grants
DOJ COPS Office, Department of Justice, Department of Justice COPS Office
Potential police officer applicants, Students interested in law enforcement careers
Educational institutions (HBCUs, tribal colleges, K-12)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a law enforcement agency in partnership with not less than 1 educational institution, which may include 1 or any combination of the following:(A)An elementary school
a law enforcement agency in partnership with not less than 1 educational institution, which may include 1 or any combination of the following: An elementary school
an applicant for a hiring grant under this part seeking funding for a law enforcement agency operating below the budgeted strength of the law enforcement agency
the employment of the maximum number of sworn law enforcement officers the budget of a law enforcement agency allows the agency to employ
an applicant for a hiring grant under this part seeking funding for a law enforcement agency operating below the budgeted strength of the law enforcement agency
the employment of the maximum number of sworn law enforcement officers the budget of a law enforcement agency allows the agency to employ
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