1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Help Employ and Recruit Our Excellent Servicemembers Grant Act of 2014” or the “HEROES Grant Act of 2014”.
Help Employ and Recruit Our Excellent Servicemembers Grant Act of 2014
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that grants awarded pursuant to part Q of title I of that Act may be used to hire veterans and other individuals as employees of law enforcement agencies for positions that do not require sworn authority.
2. Use of COPS grants to hire veterans and other individuals
Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (16), by striking “and” at the end;
by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (18);
in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, by striking “(1) through (16)” and inserting “(1) through (17)”; and
by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
“(17) to hire veterans (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) and other individuals as employees of law enforcement agencies for positions that do not require sworn authority; and”