Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Strong Communities Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Peters D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2025
- Committee actionMay 15, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 82.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1316.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1316, Strong Communities Act of 2025” on July 18, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 20, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61578
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1316, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1316
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1316, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 11 Democrats
5 of 16 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ashley Moody (R-FL), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters.
- S. 2878 (119th) Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act
- S. 272 (119th) Protect Infant Formula from Contamination Act
- S. 861 (119th) Disaster Assistance Simplification Act
- S. 727 (119th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act
- S. 2542 (119th) Federal Building Threat Notification Act
- S. 434 (119th) Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act
Related bills
- H.R. 3458 (119th) Strong Communities Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.