Legislation Supported by the FOP in the 119th Congress

U.S. House of Representatives

• PASSED HOUSE – H.R. 27 (Griffith, R-VA) the “Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act,” which would permanently place fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
• H.R. 378 (Buchanan, R-FL) the “Thin Blue Line Act,” which would expand the list of aggravating factors in death penalty determinations for those who target, kill, or attempt to kill a law enforcement or other public safety officer;
• H.R. 405 (Fulcher, R-ID) the “Keep Every Extra Penny (KEEP) Act,” which would eliminate income tax on a public servant’s overtime pay;
• H.R. 621 (Joyce, R-OH), the “Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act,” which would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP);
• H.R. 633 (Salazar, R-FL) the “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Network (TAKE IT DOWN) Act,” which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative “deepfake” technology;
• H.R. 993 (Correa, D-CA) the “Directing Resources for Officers Navigating Emergencies (DRONE) Act,” which would allow law enforcement agencies to use Edward R. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) funds to help purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems;
• H.R. 1046 (Bacon, R-NE) the “Marc Fischer Memorial Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act,” which would require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to develop and implement a strategy to interdict fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the mail at Federal correctional facilities;
• H.R. 1236 (Barr, R-KY) the “Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act,” which would amend the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program and allow survivors to file for death or disability benefits for officers no in active service, provided their death or disability was connected to their service as a law enforcement officer; 
• H.R. 1260 (Malliotakis, R-NY) the “U.S. Park Police Modernization Act,” which would address the growing crisis that faces the USPP and its ability to protect and serve the public;
• H.R. 1266 (Panetta, D-CA), the “Combating Illicit Xylazine Act,” which would appropriate steps to add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act;
• H.R. 1269 (Scanlon, D-PA) the “Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act,” which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program.”
• H.R. 1443 (Van Drew, R-NJ) the “Public Safety Free Speech Act,” which would clarify and protect the speech of a public safety employee by allowing them to take legal action against an employer who violates this right.
• TOP PRIORITY – H.R. 1505 (Stauber, D-MN) the “Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act,” which would guarantee public safety officers the right to form and join unions and bargain collectively with their employers over wages, hours, and working conditions;
• PRIORITY – H.R. 1551 (Rutherford, R-FL) the “Protect and Serve Act,” which would impose Federal penalties on individuals who deliberately target local, State or Federal law enforcement officers with violence. 
• H.R. 1556 (Bresnahan, R-PA) “Eric’s Law,” which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence.
• H.R. 1726 (Neguse, D-CO) the “Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act,” which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety;
• H.R. 1773 (Rutherford, R-FL) the “Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act,” which would make firearm thefts a Federal offense punishable by up to 20 years in prison;
• PRIORITY – H.R. 2094 (Rutherford, R-FL) the “Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act,” which would give law enforcement more opportunities to find homes they can afford on a public servant’s salary based on the VA home loan program.
• H.R. 2194 (Harder, D-CA) the “HIDTA Enhancement Act,” which would increase the HIDTA program’s budget by over $28 million to provide for the creation of new grant programs in order to enhance fentanyl seizure operations and improve coordination between law enforcement agencies;
• TOP PRIORITY – H.R. 2243 (Bacon, R-NE) the “LEOSA Reform Act,” which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) exempting qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms;
• H.R. 2255 (Fry, R-SC) the “Federal Law Enforcement Service Weapon Purchase Act,” which would allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons;
• H.R. 2240 (Moore, R-NC) the “Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act,” which would expand the data collected by the Federal government on attacks and aggressions against law enforcement officers in a comprehensive way;
• H.R. 2502 (Kaptur, D-OH) the “Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act,” which would provide grants to law enforcement departments at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to obtain vital behavioral health crisis response training to resolve behavioral health crisis situations more safely and effectively;
• H.R. 2711 (Gottheimer, D-NJ,) the “Invest to Protect Act,” which would would establish a grant program, administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), that would be used for the training of officers from police departments and municipalities that employ fewer than 175 law enforcement officers;
• H.R. 2735 (Nehls, R-TX) the “Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act,” which would close loopholes in Federal child abuse criminal statutes.

United States Senate

• S. 83 (Cruz, R-TX), the “Thin Blue Line Act,” which would provide that the murder of local or State prosecutors, law enforcement officers, or other public safety officers also be considered an “aggravating” factor in a Federal case;
• S. 122 (Banks, R-ID) the “Qualified Immunity Act,” which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court for decades;
• S. 146 (Cruz, R-TX) the “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Network (TAKE IT DOWN) Act,” which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative “deepfake” technology;
• PRIORITY – S. 167 (Tillis, R-NC) the “Protect and Serve Act,” which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death;
• S. 180 (Grassley R-IA) the “Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act,” which would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP);
• S. 237 (Klobuchar, D-MN) the “Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act,” which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program.
• S. 331 (Cassidy, R-LA) the “Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act,” which would permanently place fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
• S. 516 (Klobuchar, D-MN) the “Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act”, which would prohibit the distribution of Non-Consensually Distributed Intimate Images (NDII) that loopholes in select States have thus far prevented;
• TOP PRIORITY – S. 636 (Hickenlooper, D-CO) the “Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act,” which would guarantee public safety officers the right to form and join unions and bargain collectively with their employers over wages, hours, and working conditions;
• S. 666 (Gillibrand, D-NY) the “First Responders Wellness Act,” which would establish a national hotline for first responders through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
• S. 678 (Cortez Masto, D-NV) the “Invest to Protect Act,” which would establish a grant program, administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services Office within the U.S. Department of Justice, that would be used for the training of officers from police departments and municipalities that employ fewer than 200 law enforcement officers;
• TOP PRIORITY – S. 679 (Kennedy, R-LA) the “LEOSA Reform Act,” which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) exempting qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms.
• S. 767 (Kelly, D-AZ) the “High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Act,” which would increase the HIDTA program’s budget by over $28 million to provide for the creation of new grant programs that would enhance fentanyl seizure operations and improve coordination between law enforcement agencies;
• PRIORITY – S. 978 (Moody, R-FL) the “Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act,” which would give law enforcement more opportunities to find homes they can afford on a public servant’s salary based on the VA home loan program.
• S. 1077 (Collins, R-ME) the “District of Columbia Local Funds Act,” which would restore the District of Columbia’s ability to implement its Fiscal Year 2025 budget.
• S. 1247 (Schmitt, R-MO) the “Public Safety Officer Free Speech Act,” which would clarify and protect the speech of a public safety employee by allowing them to take legal action against an employer who violates this right.
• S. 1295 (Justice, R-WV) the “Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against Narcotics (BOP SCAN) in Mail Act,” which would require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to develop and implement a strategy to interdict fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the mail at Federal correctional facilities;
• S. 1300 (Cornyn, R-TX) the “Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act,” which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety;
• S. 1316 (Peters, D-MI) the “Strong Communities Act,” which would establish a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community;
• S. 1333 (Cornyn, R-TX) the “Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act,” which would close loopholes in Federal child abuse criminal statutes.