S994-118

Passed Senate

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 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 provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.. The local Codex analysis identifies the main policy area as Transportation, Education, Criminal Justice 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 provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities..

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Education, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities..

Policy Domains

Transportation Education Criminal Justice

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: es

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: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Passed Senate
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 8, 2023

Reported by Mr. Durbin, with amendments

Mar 28, 2023

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Tillis, …

Mar 28, 2023

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Tillis, …

Mar 28, 2023 (inferred)

Passed Senate (inferred from es version)

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

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

General Public
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+1 positive ?1 uncertain

Law enforcement recruits receiving training grants, Law enforcement recruits seeking training

Educational Services
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Higher education institutions with law enforcement training programs

1/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Education Criminal Justice

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"local law enforcement agency" §definition_1

an agency of a State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe that is authorized by law or by a government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation o...

"local law enforcement agency" §definition_2

an agency of a State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe that is authorized by law or by a government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation o...

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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