[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 972 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 972

    Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the hiring and 
 rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers for the fiscal 
        year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 23, 2023

 Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
    Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the hiring and 
 rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers for the fiscal 
        year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Filling Public Safety Vacancies 
Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION.

    (a) In General.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2023, to remain available until expended, $162,000,000 
for additional amounts for grants for the hiring and rehiring of 
additional career law enforcement officers under section 1701 of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10381).
    (b) Background Checks and Psychological Evaluations.--A law 
enforcement agency using amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to 
hire or rehire a law enforcement officer--
            (1) shall--
                    (A) perform a background check on the law 
                enforcement officer; and
                    (B) ensure that the law enforcement officer 
                undergoes a psychological evaluation; and
            (2) shall use amounts appropriated under subsection (a) or 
        other funds of the law enforcement agency to cover the cost of 
        carrying out the requirements under paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--The amounts provided by this Act are designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-
As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
    (b) Designation in House and Senate.--The amounts provided by this 
Act are designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. 
Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of 
Representatives on June 8, 2022.
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