HR 4024

Summary

Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act 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. 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.

Bill status

Status

In committee

Sponsor

Rep. Salud O. Carbajal [D-CA-24]

Cosponsors

4

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Introduced

2025-06-17

Latest action

2025-06-17: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Committee referrals

• Budget Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-06-17
• Appropriations Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-06-17

Recent actions

• 2025-06-17: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2025-06-17: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2025-06-17: Introduced in House
• 2025-06-17: Introduced in House