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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6911 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide that grant funds received under the COPS grant program may 
be used to combat organized crime. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2025 
Mr. HARRIGAN (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. ALFORD) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to provide that grant funds received under 
the COPS grant program may be used to combat orga-
nized crime. 
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 ‘‘COPS Anti-Organized 
Crime and Cartel Enforcement Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF GRANT FUNDS TO COMBAT ORGANIZED 
CRIME. 
(a) GRANT USE.—Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10381(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (24) as para-
graph (25); and 
(2) in paragraph (23)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘in accordance with para-
graphs (1) through (22)’’ and inserting ‘‘in ac-
cordance with paragraphs (1) through (23)’’; 
and 
(B) by redesignating the paragraph as 
paragraph (24); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (22) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(23) to create specialized units dedicated to 
combatting organized crime, cartel operations, and 
transnational criminal organization and to 
‘‘(A) equip such units with advanced inves-
tigative and surveillance technology, including 
by acquiring— 
‘‘(i) tactical vehicles (as such term is 
defined in section 328(d)(8) of the James 
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023) for use in the 
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execution of high-risk warrants, raids, or 
other law enforcement activities in which 
the danger to officers or civilians is deter-
mined to be significant; 
‘‘(ii) unmanned aerial systems other 
than— 
‘‘(I) weaponized drones covered 
by Department of Defense Directive 
3000.09; or 
‘‘(II) unmanned aerial systems 
from a covered nation (as such term 
is defined in section 4872 of title 10, 
United States Code) or manufactured 
or produced by a covered foreign enti-
ty (as such term is defined in section 
936 of the FAA Reauthorization Act 
of 2024 (49 U.S.C. 44801 note)). 
‘‘(iii) ballistic vests, helmets, and fire-
arms; 
‘‘(B) train officers in counter-organized 
crime tactics and intelligence-gathering meth-
ods; and 
‘‘(C) hire additional law enforcement per-
sonnel for these specialized units, including per-
sonnel hired to fill positions made vacant by the 
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reassignment of existing officers to such 
units;’’. 
(b) PRIORITIZATION.—Section 1701(c) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10381(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) from an applicant in a jurisdiction with a 
documented high presence of cartel, gang, or 
transnational criminal activity that certifies that the 
funds will be used for the purposes set forth in sub-
section (b)(25).’’. 
(c) FUNDING.—There are appropriated, in addition 
to amounts otherwise made available for such purpose, 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, 2028, 
2029, and 2030, for grants under section 1701 of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to the 
extent that such grants are used for the purposes set forth 
under subsection (b)(25) of such section, to be derived 
from amounts rescinded by the Secretary of Labor, as an-
nounced in the news release numbered 25–1019–NAT and 
dated June 13, 2025. 
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(d) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
finalize such rules as may be necessary to carry out this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
(e) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall report to 
Congress for each fiscal year that a grant is made under 
section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, to the extent that such grants are 
used for the purposes set forth under subsection (b)(25) 
of such section, detailing the uses of all such grant funds 
and identifying such grantees. 
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