S546-118

Passed Senate

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.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 28, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

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

Technology Education Criminal Justice Labor

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
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

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
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Passed Senate
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 8, 2023

Reported by Mr. Durbin, with an amendment

Feb 28, 2023

Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Ms. …

Feb 28, 2023 (inferred)

Passed Senate (inferred from es version)

Feb 28, 2023

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.

State & Local Government
5 mentions across 5 clauses
+4 positive -1 negative

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

Government
5 mentions across 5 clauses
-5 negative

DOJ COPS Office, Department of Justice, Department of Justice COPS Office

General Public
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Potential police officer applicants, Students interested in law enforcement careers

Labor
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Federal employees, applicants, and workforce managers

Education
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Educational institutions (HBCUs, tribal colleges, K-12)

1/6
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Education Criminal Justice Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

6 terms
"eligible entity" §definition_1

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

"eligible entity" §definition_2

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

"covered applicant" §definition_3

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

"budgeted strength" §definition_4

the employment of the maximum number of sworn law enforcement officers the budget of a law enforcement agency allows the agency to employ

"covered applicant" §definition_5

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

"budgeted strength" §definition_6

the employment of the maximum number of sworn law enforcement officers the budget of a law enforcement agency allows the agency to employ

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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