H.R. 6375 · 117th Congress

COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act of 2022

Introduced on Jan 12, 2022 by Tom Rice (R-SC-7). 58 cosponsors, 34 of them from another party. Latest action (Nov 1, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 12, 2022
Cosponsors
58
34 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Community life and organization
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Justice
  • Employee hiring
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Rural conditions and development

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 12, 2022). Public domain.

COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act of 2022

This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and makes changes to the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program.

Among the changes, the bill

  • reduces the required matching contribution for certain rural communities during the first three years of a grant and eliminates the preference for agencies that exceed the matching requirements;
  • allows grant funds to be used to increase wages of career law enforcement officers in states or localities that have a median household income of less than 70% of the national median household income and qualify for a reduced matching contribution; and
  • provides statutory authority for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice.

Additionally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on whether law enforcement workforces are representative of the communities they serve, the percentage of law enforcement employees who live in the community they serve, the average pay of officers compared to the cost of living in the community they serve, and recommendations for improvements.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tom RiceR-SC-7Sponsor

Democrats · 34

Republicans · 24

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jan 12, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Jan 12, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Jan 12, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. Nov 1, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
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