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[S. 583 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.583

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds to hire veterans as career 
            law enforcement officers, 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 ``American Law Enforcement Heroes Act 
of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PRIORITIZING HIRING AND TRAINING OF VETERANS.
    Section 1701(b)(2) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)(2)) is amended by inserting 
``, including by prioritizing the hiring and training of veterans (as 
defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code)'' after 
``Nation''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.