In Congress, Greg introduced bipartisan legislation to help local law enforcement departments recruit and retain officers through federal funding programs, and he’s working to do the same for local fire departments.
Introduce bipartisan legislation to help local law enforcement recruit and retain officers through federal funding programs and do the same for local fire departments.
Occurrences
introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the partnership between the U.S. Secret Service and state and local law enforcement
would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ... to reimburse state and local law enforcement agencies $61 million per year for three years for services, personnel, and equipment required to support the Secret Service’s mission
Evidence
Mr. Landsman ... introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Landsman ... introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Assessments
Landsman fulfilled the stated promise by introducing bipartisan legislation for both halves of the commitment: one bill to let COPS grants support recruitment and retention for local law enforcement, and one bill to expand SAFER grants for firefighter recruitment and retention. The bills were introduced and referred in the House during his current term, so the promise was delivered at the introduction stage even though enactment did not occur.
The promise was to introduce bipartisan legislation for both local law enforcement and fire departments, not necessarily to enact it. Landsman introduced H.R. 5403 in the 119th Congress to expand COPS grant uses for law-enforcement recruitment and retention, and H.R. 9606 in the 118th Congress to expand SAFER grant uses for firefighter recruitment and retention. Both actions occurred while he was serving as a federal representative and match the promised federal funding-program mechanism, so the commitment is delivered in the same term even though the bills had not passed.