PUBLIC SAFETY Act

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Introduced 2026-01-20Topic: public safety · budget · immigration

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This bill changes two sections of a 2025 federal budget law (Public Law 119-21). It moves money that the law gave to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Attorney General for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants under federal law, available until September 30, 2030. For these grants, it waives a requirement in federal crime law (section 1701(g)) for local and Tribal governments that employ fewer than 175 law enforcement officers. The bill also rewrites another section of the law to provide $45 billion to the Department of Justice for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, available until September 30, 2029.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-01-20	House	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.	refer
2026-01-20	House	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.	refer
2026-01-20		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-01-20		Introduced in House	introduce

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