Restore full federal funding for the COPS law enforcement hiring program through 2030.

Rep. Josh Harder announced new legislation to restore federal funding for law enforcement hiring grants to their original level, fully funding the program... The COPS Reauthorization Act restores more than $1 billion in federal funding annually through 2030 for officer hiring, training, and deployment to local departments.

Harder says he is backing legislation to fully restore and sustain federal COPS hiring-grant funding through 2030.

POLICE WEEK: Harder Announces Legislation to Restore Full Funding for Law Enforcement Hiring Program | Representative Josh Harder
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The FY 2027 DOJ budget appendix says the Budget requests $303 million for COPS programs, including $256 million for the COPS Hiring appropriation, with $164 million specifically for the COPS Hiring Program.

The administration is still requesting funding for the COPS Hiring Program, but this is a budget request rather than proof that Harder's full-through-2030 funding goal has been enacted.

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Appendix - Budget of the U.S. Government FY 2027
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A Senate amendment proposed on January 28, 2026 would rewrite Public Law 119-21 to retitle the provision as the COPS Hiring Program and extend the grant authority through September 30, 2030, for COPS Hiring Program grants. The amendment was ordered to lie on the table.

There was a concrete legislative attempt to restore and extend COPS Hiring Program funding through 2030, but the record shows only a proposed amendment, not final enactment.

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Congressional Record, Senate, January 28, 2026
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