HR 6448 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Invest to Protect Act of 2022

Introduced Jan 20, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Josh Gottheimer D-NJ

Latest action · Sep 27, 2022 Received in the Senate.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 20, 2022
Passed HouseSep 22, 2022
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Invest to Protect Act of 2022

This bill directs the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to award grants to local and tribal governments that employ fewer than 125 law enforcement officers. Grant funds may be used for various activities, including to provide de-escalation training and improve recruitment and retention.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 451	On Passage	Passed360–64	Sep 22, 2022

Cosponsors 86

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 20, 2022 to Sep 21, 2022; 39 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-MN	Angie Craig	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-NY	Antonio Delgado	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-WI	Bryan Steil	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-NH	Chris Pappas	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-IA	Cynthia Axne	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-PA	Daniel Meuser	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-MN	Dean Phillips	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-SD	Dusty Johnson	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-ME	Jared F. Golden	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-MO	Jason Smith	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-NY	John Katko	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-MI	Peter Meijer	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-NV	Susie Lee	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran	Original	Jan 20, 2022
R-NY	Tom Reed	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Jan 20, 2022
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Jan 25, 2022
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Feb 2, 2022
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Feb 7, 2022
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Feb 8, 2022
D-CA	Mike Levin		Feb 9, 2022
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Feb 11, 2022
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Feb 11, 2022
D-CA	Josh Harder		Feb 28, 2022
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Feb 28, 2022
R-SC	Tom Rice		Mar 1, 2022
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Mar 2, 2022
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Mar 2, 2022
D-CA	Katie Porter		Mar 2, 2022
D-PA	Susan Wild		Mar 7, 2022
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Mar 15, 2022
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Mar 31, 2022
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		May 10, 2022
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		May 10, 2022
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		May 10, 2022
D-FL	Charlie Crist		May 11, 2022
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		May 11, 2022
D-FL	Darren Soto		May 12, 2022
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		May 12, 2022
D-CA	Mike Thompson		May 12, 2022
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		May 13, 2022
D-MD	David J. Trone		May 16, 2022
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		May 24, 2022
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		May 24, 2022
D-CA	Juan Vargas		May 24, 2022
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Jun 3, 2022
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Jun 3, 2022
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Jun 7, 2022
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jun 7, 2022
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Jun 9, 2022
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jun 9, 2022
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Jun 9, 2022
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice		Jun 9, 2022
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jun 21, 2022
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Jun 23, 2022
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 1, 2022
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jul 19, 2022
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Jul 20, 2022
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Jul 26, 2022
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Jul 26, 2022
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Jul 28, 2022
D-IL	Sean Casten		Aug 12, 2022
D-NV	Dina Titus		Sep 21, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 20, 2022

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 27, 2022Received in the Senate.
Sep 22, 2022Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1377. (consideration: CR H8085-8090)
Sep 22, 2022Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4118, H.R. 5768, H.R. 6448 and H.R. 8542. Resolution provides for 30 minutes of general debate with one motion to recommit for each bill.
Sep 22, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on H.R. 6448.
Sep 22, 2022The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

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In the Congressional Record 4

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H8322	Kathy E. Manning D-NC, Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX	Sep 30, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H8226	Brendan F. Boyle D-PA	Sep 29, 2022
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E972, H8069–H8081, H8085–H8090Text printed H8069, H8085Recorded votes H8080, H8100enactLists H8081, H8101Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1377, consideration of H.R. 6448, Invest To Protect ActVotes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6448, Invest To Protect Act	Abigail Davis Spanberger D-VA, James P. McGovern D-MA, Jerrold Nadler D-NY, Jim Jordan R-OH, Jodey C. Arrington R-TX, John H. Rutherford R-FL, Josh Gottheimer D-NJ, Michelle Fischbach R-MN, Mike Thompson D-CA, Nancy Pelosi D-CA, Scott Fitzgerald R-WI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Sep 22, 2022
House	Declaratory Statements H8067Reports H8064	—	Sep 21, 2022

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H289-H290] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. GOTTHEIMER: H.R. 6448. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws that shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 13, January 20, 2022, page H290.

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 319	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1377, the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-65 is adopted.	Rules Committee	On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 1377	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4118) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives, by investing in effective community-based violence reduction initiatives, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5768) to direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, create, and administer the violent incident clearance and technology investigative method, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6448) to direct the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to carry out a grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8542) to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, and political subdivisions thereof to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.	Procedurally related	Sep 22, 2022
S 3860	Invest to Protect Act of 2022	Related bill	Aug 2, 2022

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to carry out a grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Invest to Protect Act of 2022
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Invest to Protect Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 27, 2022Received in Senate
Sep 22, 2022Engrossed in House
Jan 20, 2022Introduced in House

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