H.R. 4024

Summary

H.R. 4024, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, was introduced in the House on Jun 17, 2025 by Rep. Salud Carbajal (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Appropriations, and last saw action on Jun 17, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Record

Text

H.R. 4024 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4024 IH: Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-17
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4024  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 17, 2025   Mr. Carbajal  (for himself and  Mr. Bacon ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Appropriations , and in addition to the Committee on  the Budget , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   A BILL
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act  .
2.
Appropriation
(a)
In general
There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to remain available until expended, $162,000,000 for additional amounts for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 ).
(b)
Background checks and psychological evaluations
A law enforcement agency using amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer—
(1)
shall—
(A)
perform a background check on the law enforcement officer; and
(B)
ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation; and
(2)
shall use amounts appropriated under subsection (a) or other funds of the law enforcement agency to cover the cost of carrying out the requirements under paragraph (1).
3.
Emergency designation
The amounts provided by this Act are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Salud Carbajal (D) sponsors H.R. 4024, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Salud Carbajal

Rep. · D–CA-24 · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 17, 2025

Don Bacon

Rep. · R–NE-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 17, 2025 · Original

Brian Fitzpatrick

Rep. · R–PA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 2, 2025

Zachary Nunn

Rep. · R–IA-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 3, 2025

Andrea Salinas

Rep. · D–OR-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 9, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 4024 went before 2 committees: Budget and Appropriations.

Budget

Budget

Referred To · Jun 17, 2025 · 48 Bills

Appropriations

Appropriations

Referred To · Jun 17, 2025 · 91 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4024 has taken 2 actions since Jun 17, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4024 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4024 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act — Display Title
• Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 15 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4024 in 15 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement, Housing.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4024 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4024’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4024, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 17, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CARBAJAL:H.R. 4024.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H2832]

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