H.R. 898

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 898 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 898

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for recruitment and 
retention of law enforcement officers.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 9, 2023

Mr. Carter of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for recruitment and 
retention of law enforcement officers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Recruit and Retain Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. USE OF COPS GRANT FUNDS FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (23) as 
paragraphs (4) through (24); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) to recruit and retain career law enforcement officers 
for deployment in community-oriented policing across the 
Nation;''.
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