Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act

Bill: 118-s-972
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-03-23
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act</b></p> <p>The bill provides additional funding for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. </p> <p>The bill also requires law enforcement agencies that use the funds to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer to (1) perform a background check on the law enforcement officer, and (2) ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation. </p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 972 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 23, 2023 Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act . 2. Appropriation (a) In general There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, to remain available until expended, $162,000,000 for additional amounts for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 ). (b) Background checks and psychological evaluations A law enforcement agency using amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer— (1) shall— (A) perform a background check on the law enforcement officer; and (B) ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation; and (2) shall use amounts appropriated under subsection (a) or other funds of the law enforcement agency to cover the cost of carrying out the requirements under paragraph (1). 3. Emergency designation (a) In general The amounts provided by this Act are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ). (b) Designation in house and senate The amounts provided by this Act are designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022.