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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2246 

To provide grants to support the hiring of law enforcement officers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2021 

Mr. HAWLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide grants to support the hiring of law enforcement 

officers. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. PURPOSE. 

4 The purpose of this Act to increase the number of 

5 law enforcement officers in the United States by 100,000 

6 to protect families living in the United States 

7 SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FUNDING PROGRAM. 

8 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART PP—HIRING ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCE2 MENT PERSONNEL FOLLOWING THE COVID3 19 PANDEMIC 

4 ‘‘SEC. 3061. GRANT PROGRAM. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 

6 award grants to State and local law enforcement agencies 

7 to provide additional funding to support the hiring and 

8 retention of law enforcement personnel and augment 

9 wages paid to law enforcement personnel. 

10 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A state or local law en12 forcement agency shall not be eligible for a grant 

13 under this part unless the agency certifies that the 

14 agency will hire additional law enforcement per15 sonnel to increase the number of law enforcement 

16 personnel by 12.5 percent during the 1-year period 

17 after receipt of the grant. 

18 ‘‘(2) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CERTIFI19 CATION.—In the case of a State or local law enforce20 ment agency that receives a grant under this part, 

21 and fails to achieve a not less than 12.5 percent in22 crease in law enforcement personnel by the end of 

23 the 1-year period described in paragraph (1), the 

24 State or local law enforcement agency may not be el25 igible for additional grant awards under this part. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 3062. USE OF FUNDS. 

2 ‘‘A State or local law enforcement agency that re3 ceives a grant under this part shall use the grant to hire 

4 or retain law enforcement personnel. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 3063. APPLICATION. 

6 ‘‘A State or local law enforcement agency seeking a 

7 grant under this part shall submit to the Attorney General 

8 an application at such time, in such manner, and con9 taining or accompanied by such information as the Attor10 ney General may reasonably require, including— 

11 ‘‘(1) the number of law enforcement personnel 

12 employed by the agency at the time of the grant ap13 plication; 

14 ‘‘(2) a written certification, as described in sec15 tion 3061(b)(1), that the agency will hire additional 

16 law enforcement personnel to increase the number of 

17 law enforcement personnel by 12.5 percent during 

18 the 1-year period after receipt of the grant; 

19 ‘‘(3) a description of how the agency plans to 

20 recruit, hire, and fund the salaries of the law en21 forcement personnel hired under paragraph (2); 

22 ‘‘(4) a written certification that the agency 

23 shall report to the Attorney General on the date that 

24 is 1 year after the date on which the agency receives 

25 a grant under this part the number of law enforce26 ment personnel hired during such 1-year period; and 


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1 ‘‘(5) a written certification that the agency 

2 shall provide to the Attorney General and the Comp3 troller General of the United States, upon request, 

4 access to any records relating to the receipt and use 

5 of a grant under this part. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 3064. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the At8 torney General $5,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

9 2022 through 2025 to carry out this part.’’. 

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