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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1316
5	5	To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
6	6	provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement
7	7	recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve
8	8	in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	APRIL7, 2025
11	11	Mr. P
12	12	ETERS(for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. CRUZ, Mr.
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14	14	OONS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. PADILLA, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. WELCH)
15	15	introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
16	16	Committee on the Judiciary
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
19	19	Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may
20	20	be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend
21	21	schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in
22	22	precincts of law enforcement agencies in their commu-
23	23	nities.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
26	26	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
27	27	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strong Communities 4
28	28	Act of 2025’’. 5
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32	32	SEC. 2. STRONG COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. 1
33	33	Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 2
34	34	and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amend-3
35	35	ed by adding at the end the following: 4
36	36	‘‘(q) COPS S
37	37	TRONGCOMMUNITIESPROGRAM.— 5
38	38	‘‘(1) D
39	39	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 6
40	40	‘‘(A) E
41	41	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligi-7
42	42	ble entity’ means— 8
43	43	‘‘(i) an institution of higher education, 9
44	44	as defined in section 101 of the Higher 10
45	45	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001), 11
46	46	that, in coordination or through an agree-12
47	47	ment with a local law enforcement agency, 13
48	48	offers a law enforcement training program; 14
49	49	or 15
50	50	‘‘(ii) a local law enforcement agency 16
51	51	that offers a law enforcement training pro-17
52	52	gram. 18
53	53	‘‘(B) L
54	54	OCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN -19
55	55	CY.—The term ‘local law enforcement agency’ 20
56	56	means an agency of a State, unit of local gov-21
57	57	ernment, or Indian Tribe that is authorized by 22
58	58	law or by a government agency to engage in or 23
59	59	supervise the prevention, detection, investiga-24
60	60	tion, or prosecution of any violation of criminal 25
61	61	law. 26
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65	65	‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may use 1
66	66	amounts otherwise appropriated to carry out this 2
67	67	section for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 3
68	68	2025) to make competitive grants to local law en-4
69	69	forcement agencies to be used for officers and re-5
70	70	cruits to attend law enforcement training programs 6
71	71	at eligible entities if the officers and recruits agree 7
72	72	to serve in law enforcement agencies in their com-8
73	73	munities. 9
74	74	‘‘(3) E
75	75	LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant 10
76	76	through a local law enforcement agency under this 11
77	77	subsection, each officer or recruit described in para-12
78	78	graph (2) shall— 13
79	79	‘‘(A) serve as a full-time law enforcement 14
80	80	officer for a total of not fewer than 4 years dur-15
81	81	ing the 8-year period beginning on the date on 16
82	82	which the officer or recruit completes a law en-17
83	83	forcement training program for which the offi-18
84	84	cer or recruit receives benefits; 19
85	85	‘‘(B) complete the service described in sub-20
86	86	paragraph (A) in a local law enforcement agen-21
87	87	cy located within— 22
88	88	‘‘(i) 7 miles of the residence of the of-23
89	89	ficer or recruit where the officer or recruit 24
90	90	has resided for not fewer than 5 years; or 25
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94	94	‘‘(ii) if the officer or recruit resides in 1
95	95	a county with fewer than 150,000 resi-2
96	96	dents, within 20 miles of the residence of 3
97	97	the officer or recruit where the officer or 4
98	98	recruit has resided for not fewer than 5 5
99	99	years; and 6
100	100	‘‘(C) submit to the eligible entity providing 7
101	101	a law enforcement training program to the offi-8
102	102	cer or recruit evidence of employment of the of-9
103	103	ficer or recruit in the form of a certification by 10
104	104	the chief administrative officer of the local law 11
105	105	enforcement agency where the officer or recruit 12
106	106	is employed. 13
107	107	‘‘(4) R
108	108	EPAYMENT.— 14
109	109	‘‘(A) I
110	110	N GENERAL.—If an officer or recruit 15
111	111	does not complete the service described in para-16
112	112	graph (3), the officer or recruit shall submit to 17
113	113	the local law enforcement agency an amount 18
114	114	equal to any benefits the officer or recruit re-19
115	115	ceived through the local law enforcement agency 20
116	116	under this subsection. 21
117	117	‘‘(B) R
118	118	EGULATIONS.—The Attorney Gen-22
119	119	eral shall promulgate regulations that establish 23
120	120	categories of extenuating circumstances under 24
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124	124	which an officer or recruit may be excused from 1
125	125	repayment under subparagraph (A).’’. 2
126	126	SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY. 3
127	127	Not less frequently than annually, the Attorney Gen-4
128	128	eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 5
129	129	the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 6
130	130	House of Representatives a report that details, with re-7
131	131	spect to recipients of grants under section 1701(q) of title 8
132	132	I of the Omnibus and Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 9
133	133	of 1968, as added by section 2— 10
134	134	(1) during the 1-year period preceding the date 11
135	135	of the report— 12
136	136	(A) the number and location of those re-13
137	137	cipients; and 14
138	138	(B) the number of law enforcement officers 15
139	139	and recruits each recipient intends to send to 16
140	140	law enforcement training programs at eligible 17
141	141	entities (as defined in paragraph (1) of such 18
142	142	section 1701(q)) with amounts from the grant; 19
143	143	and 20
144	144	(2) during the period between the date of enact-21
145	145	ment of this Act and the date of the report— 22
146	146	(A) the number of law enforcement officers 23
147	147	or recruits who attended the training described 24
148	148	in paragraph (1)(B) with amounts from the 25
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152	152	grant and returned from the training as em-1
153	153	ployees of the recipient; and 2
154	154	(B) the number of law enforcement officers 3
155	155	or recruits described in subparagraph (A) who 4
156	156	remain an employee of the recipient. 5
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