H.R. 3846 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
Cosponsors: 5 (3 D, 2 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2025-06-09
Latest action (2025-06-09): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.R. 3846 does, in plain terms
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to hire retired law enforcement personnel to perform civilian law enforcement tasks on behalf of the agency and to train civilian employees in the performance of such tasks. Under the bill, the term civilian law enforcement task includes assisting with certain investigations, reviewing camera footage, conducting crime scene analysis, and conducting forensic analysis.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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