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Strong Communities Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
In Committee
Summary
The Strong Communities Act of 2025 would create a new grant program that pays for local officer training in exchange for a service commitment. It ties training to a minimum service period and requires annual reporting on grant recipients, trainees, and retention.
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- Recruits and officers who receive grant-funded training would need to serve full time for at least 4 years within the next 8 years and serve close to their long-term home.
- Eligible recipients include colleges that run law enforcement training with local agencies and local law enforcement agencies themselves. Grants would pay for officers and recruits to attend those programs and require repayment to the local agency if the service commitment is not completed, with exceptions the Attorney General would define.
- The Attorney General would be authorized to use amounts otherwise appropriated to award competitive grants starting in fiscal year 2025 and must send at least annual reports to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees listing recipients, planned trainees, and how many trained officers returned and remained employed.
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Grant-funded training for local police
If enacted, this bill would create a COPS Strong Communities Program starting in fiscal year 2025. The Attorney General would be able to use amounts otherwise appropriated to give competitive grants to local law enforcement agencies or eligible colleges to pay for officers and recruits to attend training. If you are an officer or recruit, you would need to serve full time for at least 4 years during the 8 years after completing any grant-funded training. That service would have to be at an agency within 7 miles of a home you have lived in at least 5 years, or within 20 miles if your county has fewer than 150,000 residents. If you do not complete the required service, you would repay the local agency an amount equal to benefits received, but the Attorney General would write rules to excuse repayment for certain extenuating circumstances. The Attorney General would report at least annually to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on grant recipients, planned trainees, placements, and retention.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
VT • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
GA • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL]
FL • R
Sponsored 5/14/2025
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]
MD • D
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 10/22/2025
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