Sheldon Whitehouse: “I further ask unanimous consent that the committee- reported amendment be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…”

“I further ask unanimous consent that the committee- reported amendment be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee-reported amendment was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 546), as amended, was passed, as follows: S. 546 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 ``Recruit and Retain Act''. SEC. 2. IMPROVING COPS GRANTS FOR POLICE HIRING PURPOSES. (a) Grant Use Expansion.--Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (23) as paragraphs (6) through (24), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: ``(5) to support hiring activities by law enforcement agencies experiencing declines in officer recruitment applications by reducing application-related fees, such as fees for background checks, psychological evaluations, and testing;''. (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 1701(b)(23) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C.…”