PUBLIC SAFETY Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3631 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3631

To allocate funds for the local law enforcement grant programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 14, 2026

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Coons, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Hickenlooper, 
Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To allocate funds for the local law enforcement grant programs, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR COPS HIRING PROGRAM.

    (a) 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--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``u.s. immigration 
        and customs enforcement'' and inserting ``cops hiring 
        program'';
            (2) by striking ``In addition to'' and inserting ``(a) In 
        General.--In addition to''; and
            (3) in subsection (a), as so designated--
                    (A) by striking ``Secretary of Homeland Security 
                for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement'' and 
                inserting ``Attorney General''; and
                    (B) 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:

``SEC. 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.''.
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