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Bill · 119th Congress · S 1563

Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act

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Introduced 2025-05-01Topic: criminal justice

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to hire retired law enforcement personnel to perform civilian law enforcement tasks on behalf of the agency and to train civilian employees in the performance of such tasks. Under the bill, the term civilian law enforcement task includes assisting with certain investigations, reviewing camera footage, conducting crime scene analysis, and conducting forensic analysis.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-05-20SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 83.
2025-05-20SenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.refer
2025-05-20Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.report
2025-05-15SenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.refer
2025-05-01SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-05-01Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.