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COPS Anti-Organized Crime and Cartel Enforcement Act of 2025
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that grant funds received under the COPS grant program may be used to combat organized crime.
Summary
This bill amends the COPS grant program to allow funds to be used for combating organized crime, cartel operations, and transnational criminal organizations. Permitted uses include creating specialized law enforcement units, acquiring tactical equipment (tactical vehicles, unmanned aerial systems, ballistic protection, and firearms), training officers in counter-organized crime tactics, and hiring additional personnel for these units. The bill prioritizes grant applications from jurisdictions with documented high cartel, gang, or transnational criminal activity. It appropriates $50 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for these organized crime-focused grants and requires the Attorney General to establish implementing rules and report annually to Congress on grant use and recipients.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC)
2 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Dec 19, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Dec 19, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 19, 2025
Mr. Harrigan (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. Alford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that grant funds received under the COPS grant program may be used to combat organized crime.
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 “COPS Anti-Organized Crime and Cartel Enforcement Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. USE OF GRANT FUNDS TO COMBAT ORGANIZED CRIME.
(a) Grant Use.—Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (24) as paragraph (25); and
(2) in paragraph (23)—
(A) by striking “in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (22)” and inserting “in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (23)”; and
(B) by redesignating the paragraph as paragraph
(24);
(3) by inserting after paragraph (22) the following:
“(23) to create specialized units dedicated to combatting organized crime, cartel operations, and transnational criminal organization and to
“(A) equip such units with advanced investigative and surveillance technology, including by acquiring—
“(i) tactical vehicles (as such term is defined in section 328(d)(8) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) for use in the execution of high-risk warrants, raids, or other law enforcement activities in which the danger to officers or civilians is determined to be significant;
“(ii) unmanned aerial systems other than—
“(I) weaponized drones covered by Department of Defense Directive 3000.09; or
“(II) unmanned aerial systems from a covered nation (as such term is defined in section 4872 of title 10, United States Code) or manufactured or produced by a covered foreign entity (as such term is defined in section 936 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (49 U.S.C. 44801 note)).
“(iii) ballistic vests, helmets, and firearms;
“(B) train officers in counter-organized crime tactics and intelligence-gathering methods; and
“(C) hire additional law enforcement personnel for these specialized units, including personnel hired to fill positions made vacant by the reassignment of existing officers to such units;”.
(b) Prioritization.—Section 1701(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the “or” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(4) from an applicant in a jurisdiction with a documented high presence of cartel, gang, or transnational criminal activity that certifies that the funds will be used for the purposes set forth in subsection (b)(25).”.
(c) Funding.—There are appropriated, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purpose, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030, for grants under section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to the extent that such grants are used for the purposes set forth under subsection (b)(25) of such section, to be derived from amounts rescinded by the Secretary of Labor, as announced in the news release numbered 25-1019-NAT and dated June 13, 2025.
(d) Rulemaking.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall finalize such rules as may be necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
(e) Report.—The Attorney General shall report to Congress for each fiscal year that a grant is made under section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to the extent that such grants are used for the purposes set forth under subsection (b)(25) of such section, detailing the uses of all such grant funds and identifying such grantees. <all>
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