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H.R. 5403119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Sep 16, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act
Introduced:
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HR 5403 would let local police agencies use existing federal COPS grants to pay bonuses for hiring and keeping officers.
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This bill adds a new approved use for federal COPS grants. Local law enforcement agencies could use that money to offer bonuses to recruit new officers or keep current ones from leaving. This option would only be available to agencies already seeing fewer recruits or more officers retiring and resigning than usual.
Local law enforcement agencies across the country that receive COPS grants would be affected. The change would apply only to those agencies facing staffing challenges through low recruitment or high turnover.
Right now, COPS grants cannot be used to pay recruitment or retention bonuses. This bill would add that as an allowed expense, giving qualifying agencies another tool to address staffing changes.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.