I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6666 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant program to make 
grants to hire prosecutors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2025 
Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mr. BACON, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. KENNEDY of New 
York, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
CISCOMANI, and Mrs. MCIVER) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant 
program to make grants to hire prosecutors, 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 ‘‘Helping Improve Re-
cruitment and Retention Efforts for Prosecutors Act of 
2025’’ or as the ‘‘HIRRE Prosecutors Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR PROSECUTORS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
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shall establish a program (in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Program’’) to assist a State, territory, unit of local gov-
ernment, or tribal government in hiring prosecutors. 
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the Pro-
gram, the Attorney General may award a grant on a com-
petitive basis in accordance with this section. 
(c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The Attorney General 
may award a grant under the Program each year to a 
prosecutor’s office of a State, territory, unit of local gov-
ernment, or tribal government that submits an application 
pursuant to subsection (d). 
(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
the Program, an eligible recipient shall submit to the At-
torney General an application in such form, at such time, 
and containing such information as the Attorney General 
determines to be appropriate. 
(e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Grant funds awarded 
under the Program may only be used to hire, retain, and 
train prosecutors or support staff for a prosecutor’s office 
of a State, territory, unit of local government, or tribal 
government. 
(f) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General 
may use any component of the Department of Justice in 
carrying out this section. 
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(g) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION
OF APPLICA-
TIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Attorney General may give preferential 
consideration to an application— 
(1) to hire and train new prosecutors or sup-
port staff for a prosecutor’s office of a State, terri-
tory, unit of local government, or tribal government; 
(2) to rehire prosecutors who have been laid off 
as a result of State, territory, unit of local govern-
ment, or tribal government budget reductions; and 
(3) from a jurisdiction representing a tribal, re-
mote, or rural area, as defined in section 40002(a) 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12291(a)). 
(h) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of a project assisted with a grant under the 
Program shall not exceed 75 percent. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may waive 
the 25 percent matching requirement under para-
graph (1) upon making a determination that a waiv-
er is equitable in view of the financial circumstances 
affecting the ability of the eligible recipient to meet 
that requirement. 
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(3) NONSUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT.—Funds 
made available under the Program shall not be used 
to supplant State or local funds, or, in the case of 
Indian tribal governments, funds awarded by the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, but shall be used to in-
crease the amount of funds that would, in the ab-
sence of Federal funds received under the Program, 
be made available from State or local sources, or in 
the case of Indian tribal governments, from funds 
supplied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL COSTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local 
or tribal government may use assets received 
through the assets forfeiture equitable sharing 
program. 
(B) INDIAN
TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS.— 
Funds appropriated by Congress for the activi-
ties of any agency of an Indian tribal govern-
ment or the Bureau of Indian Affairs per-
forming prosecutorial functions on any Indian 
lands may be used to provide the non-Federal 
share of the cost of programs or projects fund-
ed under this section. 
(i) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.— 
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(1) MONITORING COMPONENTS.—Each project 
funded by a grant under the Program shall contain 
a monitoring component, including the systematic 
identification and collection of data about activities, 
accomplishments, and programs undertaken pursu-
ant to the Program. 
(2) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.—The Attorney 
General shall evaluate each project funded by a 
grant under the Program, individually or as part of 
a national evaluation. 
(3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—The At-
torney General may require a project funded under 
the Program to submit to the Attorney General the 
results of the monitoring component and evaluation 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, as well 
as any other information as the Attorney General 
deems necessary. 
(4) REVOCATION
OR
SUSPENSION
OF
FUND-
ING.—If the Attorney General determines, as a re-
sult of evaluation under this subsection, or other-
wise, that a grant under the Program is not in sub-
stantial compliance with the terms and requirements 
of the Program, the Attorney General may revoke or 
suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in part. 
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(j) GENERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Attor-
ney General may promulgate regulations and guidelines 
to carry out this section. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Pro-
gram $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2026 
through 2030. 
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