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PUBLIC SAFETY Act

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

Introduced Jan 20, 2026

Latest action (Jan 20, 2026) Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee Appropriations Committee
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
Issues
Criminal JusticeEconomy & Taxes

Summary

The bill redirects appropriations from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to local law enforcement grant programs. It makes $45 billion available to the Attorney General for the COPS Hiring Program through September 30, 2030, which provides grants to state and local law enforcement agencies. The bill waives certain matching fund requirements for small law enforcement agencies, including counties, municipalities, and tribal governments that employ fewer than 175 law enforcement officers. Additionally, the bill appropriates $45 billion for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for fiscal year 2025, available until September 30, 2029. These grants support local law enforcement hiring and related activities.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
16 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 20, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  2. Jan 20, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3631 — PUBLIC SAFETY Act · Introduced Jan 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 88%
  • HR 6911 — COPS Anti-Organized Crime and Cartel Enforcement Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 19, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 5403 — Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act · Introduced Sep 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • S 3719 — National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act. · Introduced Jan 28, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • S 4405 — 287(g) Expansion Act · Introduced Apr 28, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 8077 — 287(g) Cooperation Act of 2026 · Introduced Mar 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 20, 2026

Mr. Pappas (for himself, Mr. Stanton, and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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.”. <all>

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