I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7163 
To allocate funds for the local law enforcement grant programs, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2026 
Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Mr. STANTON, and Ms. LEE of Nevada) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To allocate funds for the local law enforcement grant 
programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Useful 
Budgets for Localities to Invest in Cops by Substituting 
Appropriations from Federal Enforcement To Yield Re-
sults Act’’ or the ‘‘PUBLIC SAFETY Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR COPS HIRING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 100052 of the Act titled 
‘‘An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II 
of H. Con. Res. 14’’ (Public Law 119–21) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘U.S. 
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT’’ 
and inserting ‘‘COPS HIRING PROGRAM’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘In addition to’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to’’; and 
(3) in subsection (a), as so designated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 
Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen-
eral’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2029’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘removal proceedings’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘September 30, 
2030, for grants made pursuant to paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of section 1701(b) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10381(b)). 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—For grants made from funds made 
available under this section, the requirements of section 
1701(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(g)) shall be waived for the 
following jurisdictions: 
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‘‘(1) A county, municipality, town, township, 
village, parish, borough, or other unit of general gov-
ernment below the State level that employs fewer 
than 175 law enforcement officers. 
‘‘(2) A Tribal government that employs fewer 
than 175 law enforcement officers.’’. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR BYRNE JAG PROGRAM. 
Section 90003 of the Act titled ‘‘An Act to provide 
for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14’’ 
(Public Law 119–21) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 90003. EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSIST-
ANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘In addition to any amounts otherwise appropriated, 
there is appropriated to the Attorney General for the De-
partment of Justice for fiscal year 2025, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain 
available until September 30, 2029, $45,000,000,000, for 
the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
Program.’’. 
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