SOS Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1470
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2025-02-21
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

School administration
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1470 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 21, 2025 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz , and Mr. Davis of North Carolina ) 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 2025 or the SOS Act of 2025 . 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 2026 through 2035 ; 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) .