H.R. 7163: PUBLIC SAFETY Act

Quick Facts:

Bill Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)

Congress: 119

Date Introduced: Jan. 20, 2026

Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (Jan. 20, 2026)

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PUBLIC SAFETY Act

This bill redirects funding directed to ICE in the One Big Beautiful Bill to the hiring of local police. 

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