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  • S. 1144 — An Act To establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Engrossed in Senate
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    S. 1144, also known as the "Invest to Protect Act of 2023," aims to establish a grant program within the Department of Justice to support local law enforcement agencies. The bill sets criteria for eligible local governments, which include smaller municipalities or tribal governments with...

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    The "Invest to Protect Act of 2023" is a plan to give money to small local police departments to help them get better training and support for their officers, like being good at calming tricky situations and keeping safe. It's like giving schools special prizes to make sure teachers have what they need to do a good job teaching and staying happy, but for police instead of schools.

  • H. R. 8992 — Making appropriations to improve border security, imposing new reporting requirements relating to border security, and enhancing criminal penalties for destroying or evading border controls.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,920

    H. R. 8992, titled the “Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act,” proposes funding and measures to enhance border security in the United States. It allocates funds to improve law enforcement at the borders, increase drug interdiction capabilities, and disrupt transnational fentanyl...

    Simple Explanation

    H. R. 8992, called the "Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act," is a plan to spend a lot of money to help keep the U.S. borders safer by stopping bad drugs like fentanyl from coming in, using more police officers, better technology, and improved rules to catch people who try to sneak around the border checks.