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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1079
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
establish a grant program for law enforcement agencies, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH14, 2025
Mrs. B
LACKBURN(for herself, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. CRUZ, and Mr. JUSTICE)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for law enforce-
ment agencies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Law and 4
Order Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 6
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 7
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 8
by adding at the end the following: 9
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‘‘PART PP 1
‘‘SEC. 3061. ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED. 2
‘‘In this part, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an 3
agency of a State, unit of local government, or Indian 4
Tribe that is authorized by law or by an agency of a State, 5
unit of local government, or Indian Tribe to engage in or 6
supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or pros-7
ecution of any violation of criminal law. 8
‘‘SEC. 3062. ESTABLISHMENT OF MAKE AMERICA SAFE 9
AGAIN GRANT PROGRAM. 10
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 11
award grants to eligible entities to— 12
‘‘(1) hire and retain law enforcement officers, 13
including by awarding bonuses to law enforcement 14
officers; 15
‘‘(2) target, combat, and prosecute vehicle 16
thefts, including carjackings; 17
‘‘(3) prevent violent crime by prioritizing strin-18
gent sentences for repeat offenders, including juve-19
nile offenders; 20
‘‘(4) use public safety tools such as bail and 21
pretrial detention to prevent dangerous offenders 22
from returning to communities; 23
‘‘(5) acquire resources to better target drug and 24
fentanyl crimes; 25
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‘‘(6) detain and deport illegal aliens who have 1
committed criminal offenses in the United States; 2
‘‘(7) eliminate investigatory backlogs and more 3
quickly process criminal evidence; and 4
‘‘(8) combat interstate child trafficking. 5
‘‘(b) A
PPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity seeking a 6
grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney Gen-7
eral an application at such time and in such form as the 8
Attorney General may require. 9
‘‘SEC. 3063. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 10
‘‘(a) R
EGULATIONS.—The Attorney General may pro-11
mulgate guidelines, regulations, and procedures to carry 12
out this part, including guidelines, regulations, and proce-13
dures relating to the submission and review of applications 14
for grants under this part. 15
‘‘(b) A
CCOUNTABILITY.— 16
‘‘(1) R
ECORDS.—An eligible entity that receives 17
a grant under this part shall maintain such records 18
as the Attorney General may require to facilitate an 19
effective audit relating to the receipt of the grant, 20
the use of amounts from the grant, or outsourcing 21
activities. 22
‘‘(2) A
CCESS.—For the purpose of conducting 23
audits and examinations, the Attorney General shall 24
have access to any book, document, or record of an 25
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eligible entity that receives a grant under this part, 1
a State or unit of local government within which the 2
eligible entity operates, and any entity to which the 3
eligible entity outsources work using amounts from 4
the grant if the Attorney General determines that 5
the book, document, or record relates to— 6
‘‘(A) the receipt of the grant; or 7
‘‘(B) the use of amounts from the grant. 8
‘‘SEC. 3064. APPROPRIATIONS; FUNDING. 9
‘‘(a) R
ESCISSION.—Effective on the date of enact-10
ment of the Restoring Law and Order Act of 2025, any 11
unobligated balances made available under section 12
10301(1)(A)(ii) of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for 13
reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14’ are 14
rescinded. 15
‘‘(b) A
PPROPRIATION.—Of the unobligated balances 16
rescinded under subsection (a)— 17
‘‘(1) $500,000,000 is appropriated to the Attor-18
ney General for fiscal year 2026 to carry out this 19
part, to remain available until September 30, 2030; 20
and 21
‘‘(2) the remainder shall be deposited in the 22
Treasury. 23
‘‘(c) R
EDIRECTION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 24
any other law, the Attorney General shall use amounts ap-25
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propriated to the Attorney General for the purpose of car-1
rying out a diversity, equity, or inclusion initiative estab-2
lished pursuant to Executive Order 14035 (42 U.S.C. 3
2000e note; relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and ac-4
cessibility in the Federal workforce), including through the 5
award of grants, to carry out this part.’’. 6
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