I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3312 
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants for the creation and 
operation of veterans response teams within law enforcement agencies, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2025 
Mr. STRONG (for himself, Mr. CORREA, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. IVEY, Mr. HIGGINS 
of Louisiana, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. TRAN, Mr. 
DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. ROGERS 
of Alabama, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, and Ms. GOODLANDER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants for the 
creation and operation of veterans response teams within 
law enforcement agencies, 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 ‘‘Supporting Every at- 
Risk Veteran In Critical Emergencies Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘SERVICE Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. VETERAN RESPONSE TEAM PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, 
acting through the Director of the Office of Community 
Oriented Policing Services, is authorized to operate a pilot 
program to make grants to States, units of local govern-
ment, and Indian Tribal governments, to support the cre-
ation and operation of veterans response teams in the law 
enforcement agencies of the jurisdiction, in accordance 
with subsection (b). 
(b) GRANTS TO DEVELOP VETERANS RESPONSE 
TEAMS.— 
(1) ACTIVITIES
OF
A
VETERANS
RESPONSE 
TEAM.—A veterans response team may include a 
program that does the following: 
(A) Provides law enforcement officers who 
are veterans with a pin that identifies the de-
partment of the Armed Forces in which the of-
ficer served, which the officer may wear while 
on duty. 
(B) Uses the Veterans Re-Entry Search 
Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(C) Establishes a system of communication 
and information sharing with the Department 
of Veterans Affairs and other community re-
source agencies. 
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(D) Establishes a working relationship 
with the Veterans Justice Outreach specialist. 
(E) Establishes a working relationship 
with the local justice system and veterans court, 
if applicable, including identifying veterans 
upon entry into the court system and local de-
tention facility, with notification to the local 
Department of Veterans Affairs office for con-
firmation and appropriate services. 
(F) Provides training and education for 
law enforcement officers on mental health 
issues related to military service, such as post- 
traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain in-
jury, depression, and anxiety. 
(G) Meets regularly to discuss issues vet-
erans are facing in the community, as well as 
suitable responses. 
(H) Organizes coordinated and trained 
teams of first responders to respond 24 hours 
per day, and 7 days per week, on a volunteer 
basis, to calls for assistance involving a veteran 
in crisis. 
(I) Develops a plan to— 
(i) measure the success of veteran re-
sponse teams; and 
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(ii) track nationwide best practices on 
how veterans response teams provide law 
enforcement officers with essential infor-
mation during and following veteran-in-
volved incidents to which veterans response 
teams respond. 
(J) Offers veterans who have come into 
contact with the veterans response team the op-
portunity to maintain ongoing contact with the 
veterans response team. 
(2) CREATION, HIRING, AND TRAINING OF VET-
ERANS
RESPONSE
TEAM.—The creation of a vet-
erans response team within a law enforcement agen-
cy pursuant to a grant under this section may in-
clude doing the following: 
(A) Identifying a law enforcement officer 
in the law enforcement agency who is pas-
sionate about and committed to forming a vet-
erans response team, and will serve as the lead-
er of such team. 
(B) Identifying other law enforcement offi-
cers in the law enforcement agency who are in-
terested and willing to participate on the vet-
erans response team. 
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(C) Identifying and inviting interested 
community members to join the veterans re-
sponse team, which may include members of 
veteran resource organizations, the local office 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the re-
gional veterans justice outreach program, other 
law enforcement agencies, fire and emergency 
medical services departments, hospitals, social 
work agencies, other entities within the justice 
system, nonprofit organizations, and other ap-
propriate entities. 
(D) Immersing veterans response team 
members in the veteran community by attend-
ing veterans events, responding to incidents in-
volving veterans, as described in paragraph 
(1)(I), and making public appearances to fur-
ther engage with veterans. 
(E) Providing training on veterans experi-
encing crisis for individuals involved with the 
veterans response team, and for other law en-
forcement officers who are likely to come in 
contact with veterans. 
(c) TERMINATION.—The authority under this section 
shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date 
of the enactment of this section. 
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