Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Providing Useful Budgets for Localities to Invest in Cops by Substituting Appropriations from Federal Enforcement To Yield Results Act” or the “PUBLIC SAFETY Act”.
Providing Useful Budgets for Localities to Invest in Cops by Substituting Appropriations from Federal Enforcement To Yield Results Act
A BILL
To allocate funds for the local law enforcement grant programs, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Funding for COPS Hiring Program
In general— Section 100052 of the Act titled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14” (Public Law 119–21) is amended—
in the section heading, by striking “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement” and inserting “COPS Hiring Program”;
by striking “In addition to” and inserting “(a) In general.—In addition to”; and
in subsection (a), as so designated—
by striking “Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement” and inserting “Attorney General”; and
by striking “September 30, 2029” and all that follows through “removal proceedings” and inserting the following: “September 30, 2030, for grants made pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)).
“(b) Waiver—For grants made from funds made available under this section, the requirements of section 1701(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(g)) shall be waived for the following jurisdictions:
“(1) A county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the State level that employs fewer than 175 law enforcement officers.
“(2) A Tribal government that employs fewer than 175 law enforcement officers.”
Sec. 3 Funding for Byrne JAG Program
Section 90003 of the Act titled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14” (Public Law 119–21) is amended to read as follows:
“90003. Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program
“In addition to any amounts otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Attorney General for the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029, $45,000,000,000, for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.”