Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Recruit and Retain Act of 2023”.
Recruit and Retain Act of 2023
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers.
Sec. 2 Use of COPS grant funds for recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers
Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (23) as paragraphs (4) through (24); and
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
“(3) to recruit and retain career law enforcement officers for deployment in community-oriented policing across the Nation;”