H.R. 4024 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act
Cosponsors: 4 (1 D, 3 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
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.
What H.R. 4024 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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