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S. 1316 · 119TH CONGRESSSenate · May 20, 2025

Strong Communities Act of 2025

Introduced

Senate

House

Resolving Differences

President

Became Law

Description

Strong Communities Act of 2025

Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.

May 15, 2025

HearingSenateMeeting

May 15, 2025 · 17:30

Business meeting to consider S.180, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders, S.237, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers, S.419, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize grants to support law enforcement officers and families, S.539, to reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008, S.911, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include certain retired law enforcement officers in the public safety officers' death benefits program, S.1316, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities, S.1563, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks, S.1595, to establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, and the nominations of Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, and Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida for the term of four years, all of the Department of Justice.

Committee

Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment. Without written report.

May 20, 2025

Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment. Without written report.

May 20, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 82.

May 20, 2025

Passed House

Resolving Differences

To President

Became Law