SOS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5000
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2023-07-27
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2023 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Kim of New Jersey , Ms. Mace , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Davis of North Carolina , Mr. Moskowitz , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas , Mr. Costa , and Mr. Thompson of California ) 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 funding for school resource officers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Our Schools Act of 2023 or the SOS Act of 2023 . 2. Funding for school resource officers Section 1101(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking $1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 and inserting $1,097,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2033 ; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after of the purposes of part Q the following: , and not less than $50,000,000 shall be allocated for grants pursuant to applications submitted by units of local government or law enforcement agencies for the purposes described in section 1701(b)(12) .