Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Retain COPS Act of 2022”.
Retain COPS Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that grants under the COPS program may be used for salary increases to retain officers.
Sec. 2 Additional authorized use of COPS grant funds
Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (23), by redesignating such paragraph as paragraph (24);
in paragraph (22)—
by redesignating such paragraph as paragraph (23); and
by striking “(1) through (21); and” and inserting “(1) through (22); and”; and
by inserting after paragraph (21) the following:
“(22) to retain law enforcement officers by providing salary increases;”