Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act
Sponsored By: Representative Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced
Summary
Emergency funding to help hire and rehire career law enforcement officers. The bill would provide $162 million in emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to award grants under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for hiring and rehiring career law enforcement officers. Agencies receiving these funds must run background checks and require psychological evaluations for any officer hired or rehired and must use the grant money or other agency funds to cover those costs. *It would add $162 million in emergency federal spending for FY2025.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More grants to hire police officers
If enacted, the government would provide $162 million for fiscal year 2025 to help cities and towns hire or rehire career police officers. The money would stay available until it is spent. Any agency using these grants would need to run a background check and a psychological evaluation for each officer. Agencies would pay for those checks using these funds or their own money.
Emergency budget label for this funding
If enacted, the bill would label this funding as an emergency under a federal budget law. That label would change how the money is counted for budget caps and scoring. The designation would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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