COPS Anti-Organized Crime and Cartel Enforcement Act of 2025

This bill would let local police agencies use federal COPS grant money to create special units that fight organized crime, cartels, and transnational criminal groups. Grant funds could pay for tactical vehicles, certain drones, body armor, helmets, firearms, officer training, and hiring new officers for these units. Applicants in areas with documented cartel, gang, or transnational criminal activity would get priority. The bill would provide $50 million per year from 2026 through 2030 for these grants, taken from funds the Secretary of Labor rescinded, and would require the Attorney General to write rules within 180 days and report yearly to Congress on how the money is used.

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Sponsors

• Pat Harrigan Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors