Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act”.
Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act
A BILL
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Appropriation
In general— There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to remain available until expended, $162,000,000 for additional amounts for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381).
Background checks and psychological evaluations— A law enforcement agency using amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer—
shall—
perform a background check on the law enforcement officer; and
ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation; and
shall use amounts appropriated under subsection (a) or other funds of the law enforcement agency to cover the cost of carrying out the requirements under paragraph (1).
Sec. 3 Emergency designation
The amounts provided by this Act are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.