SERVICE Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3312 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3312 To authorize the Attorney General to make grants for the creation and operation of veterans response teams within law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2025 Mr. Strong (for himself, Mr. Correa, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Tran, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Goldman of New York, and Ms. Goodlander) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the Attorney General to make grants for the creation and operation of veterans response teams within law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Every at-Risk Veteran In Critical Emergencies Act of 2025'' or the ``SERVICE Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. VETERAN RESPONSE TEAM PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Grant Authorization.--The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, is authorized to operate a pilot program to make grants to States, units of local government, and Indian Tribal governments, to support the creation and operation of veterans response teams in the law enforcement agencies of the jurisdiction, in accordance with subsection (b). (b) Grants To Develop Veterans Response Teams.-- (1) Activities of a veterans response team.--A veterans response team may include a program that does the following: (A) Provides law enforcement officers who are veterans with a pin that identifies