119th Congress

H.R. 3846

Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act

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Sponsor: Josh Harder(D-CA)
Introduced: Jun 9, 2025
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees: House Committee on the Judiciary
Official text: Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (5)

Original cosponsors (3)

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
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Added later (2)

Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) · Nov 7, 2025
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) · May 21, 2026

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

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.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

Jun 9, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 9, 2025
Introduced in House