S. 768: Invest to Protect Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-27 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Invest to Protect Act of 2025

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Invest to Protect Act of 2025 This bill directs the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to award grants to local and tribal governments that employ fewer than 175 law enforcement officers. Grant funds may be used for various activities, including to provide de-escalation training and improve recruitment and retention.

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Invest to Protect Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · 13 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s768.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s768 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills