S 3335 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act

This bill creates a new grant program allowing state and local law enforcement agencies to hire retired federal law enforcement officers for specific non-sworn tasks like homicide investigations, forensics analysis, and computer network expertise. Agencies receiving grants must train civilian staff on these tasks and use retired officers to perform them. The bill includes strict accountability rules, requiring annual audits by the Justice Department's Inspector General, excluding agencies with unresolved audit findings for two years, and prioritizing applicants with clean audit histories. It also mandates reporting to Congress if multiple similar grants are awarded to the same agency. The program directly affects state/local police departments and retired federal officers who would be rehired under this initiative.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2023
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Introduced Nov 15, 2023 Last action Jun 5, 2024
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Jun 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
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May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Nov 15, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Nov 15, 2023
Introduced
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1 primary · 19 co-sponsors

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