Legislation Supported by the FOP in the 117th Congress

The 117th Congress was sworn in on 3 January, meaning that all previous legislation we supported must be reintroduced in the new Congress. We will be updating this page accordingly.

U.S. House of Representatives

TOP PRIORITY – H.R. 82 (Davis, R-IL), the “Social Security Fairness Act,” which would repeal both the “Windfall Elimination Provision” and the “Government Pension Offset” in current Social Security law;

H.R. 263 (Quigley, D-IL), the “Big Cats Public Safety Act,” which would strengthen existing restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats, including restricting direct contact between the public and these animals;

H.R. 288 (Banks, R-IN), which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court;

H.R. 305 (Crist, D-FL), which would award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman for his selfless acts of bravery in protecting Members of Congress on 6 January 2021;

H.R. 483 (Ruiz, D-CA), the “Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act,” which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers’ benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB;

H.R. 521 (Connolly, D-VA), the “Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned (RETIRE) Act,” which would allow Federal law enforcement officers, who were severely injured in the line of duty, to maintain their 6(c) early retirement if they take a civil service position after their injury;

H.R. 649 (Emmer, R-MN), the “Abby Honold Act,” which would promote the use of trauma-informed techniques by law enforcement when responding to sexual assault crimes;

H.R. 929 (Deutch, D-FL), which would provide a technical fix to the Elderly Home Detention Pilot program established by the First Step Act;

TOP PRIORITY – H.R. 962 (Pascrell, D-NJ), the “Law Enforcement Officers’ Equity Act,” which would expand the definition of “law enforcement officer” for salary and retirement benefits to include all Federal law enforcement officers;

H.R. 1198 (Gonzalez, R-OH), the “Eliminate Network Distribution of (END) Child Exploitation Act,” which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children;

H.R. 1210 (Bacon, R-NE), the “LEOSA Reform Act,” which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers’ Safety Act (LEOSA), which exempts qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities;

H.R. 1229 (Deutch, D-FL), the “EAGLES Act,” which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and expand the program by including a new school safety initiative;

H.R. 1260 (Ruppersberger, D-MD), the “Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act,” which would allow HHS to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs administered by State and local trauma centers to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates;

H.R. 2337 (Neal, D-MA), the “Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act,” which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and replace it with a more equitable and individualized calculation of Social Security benefits while ensuring that no workers will be negatively impacted by the new formula;

H. Res. 283 (Zeldin, R-NY), which would establish a “Bill of Rights” to support law enforcement;

United States Senate

S. 35 (Van Hollen, D-MD), which would award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman for his selfless acts of bravery in protecting Members of Congress on 6 January 2021;

S. 119 (Klobuchar, D-MN), the “Abby Honold Act,” which would promote the use of trauma-informed techniques by law enforcement when responding to sexual assault crimes;

S. 129 (Tester, D-MT), the “Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned (RETIRE) Act,” which would allow Federal law enforcement officers, who were severely injured in the line of duty, to maintain their 6(c) early retirement if they take a civil service position after their injury;

S. 391 (Grassley, R-IA), the “EAGLES Act,” which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and expand the program by including a new school safety initiative;

S. 466 (Moran, R-KS), the “Kelsey Smith Act,” which would require telephone companies and wireless carriers to disclose cell-site location data without a warrant in certain exigent circumstances;

S. 662 (Fischer, R-NE ), the “Achieving Thorough Transparency and Accessibility for Information Navigation on (ATTAIN) Mental Health Act,” which would establish an online dashboard for Federal resources related to mental health programs;

S. 675 (Coons, D-DE), the “NICS Denial Notification Act,” which would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction;

S. 774 (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 seriously bodily harm or death;

S. 878 (Leahy, D-VT), the “Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act,” which would criminalize the practice of “straw purchasers”—individuals who are not prohibited from buying firearms only to transfer those weapons to persons who are unable to lawfully obtain guns;

S. 998 (Coons, D-DE), the “Driving for Opportunity Act,” which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers’ licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees;

S. Res. 5 (McConnell, R-KY), a resolution honoring the memory of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick for his acts of heroism in defending the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021;

Legislation to provide Federal law enforcement officers with a rebuttable presumption that a causal connection exists between their occupation and heart, lung, and hypertension disorders; and

Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access.