Communities Deserve Cops Act

Bill: 117-hr-7809
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-18
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Communities Deserve Cops Act</strong></p> <p>This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used to provide signing bonuses and retention bonuses for law enforcement officers. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7809 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2022 Mr. Rutherford (for himself, Mr. Katko , Mr. Stauber , Mr. Nehls , and Ms. Malliotakis ) introduced 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 for law enforcement officer bonuses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Communities Deserve Cops Act . 2. Law Enforcement Officer Bonuses Subsection (b) of section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (22), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (24) to provide a signing bonus for a law enforcement officer in an amount not to exceed $5,000; and (25) to provide a retention bonus for a law enforcement officer in an amount not to exceed $5,000. .