Invest to Protect Act of 2025
Congress Proposes $50M-a-year Grants for Small Police Departments for Training, Mental Health, Hiring
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Creates a Justice Department grant program for local police agencies with fewer than 175 officers, including Tribal police.
- Grant money could pay for de-escalation training, domestic violence response training, and other safety training, including responses involving mental health or substance use.
- Departments could use funds for hiring and keeping officers, including signing bonuses and retention bonuses (capped at 20% of salary with conditions).
- Allows support for officers’ mental health care (including telehealth) and limited graduate education help (up to $10,000).
- Adds oversight: required public posting of bonuses, Justice Department audits, and a 3-year ban from future grants for agencies with unresolved audit problems.
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Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
Related News
5 articles
New Bill: Representative Josh Gottheimer introduces H.R. 2711: Invest to Protect Act of 2025
Explainer-style coverage of H.R. 2711’s DOJ grant program for departments under 175 officers, including training, hiring/retention incentives, audits, and a 3-year ineligibility for unresolved audit findings.
Sorensen celebrates federal grant that adds NPD officers, enhances community policing
Local reporting that explicitly mentions the reintroduction of the Invest to Protect Act and frames it as a pathway for small/midsize departments to access federal support for training and resources.
Senators push for $250M in grants to fund training, retention bonuses for small police departments
Covers the Invest to Protect Act’s proposed grant funding for small departments (175 or fewer officers), emphasizing training, recruitment/retention, and mental-health support components.
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Invest to Protect Act of 2025
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