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S 1595 · introduced · niche

Improving Police CARE Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Justice Department to set standards for trauma kits that police can buy with federal grant money.
  • Police departments and law enforcement agencies are affected by the new trauma kit standards and best practices.
  • The Justice Department must develop and publish performance standards and best practices with no specified deadline or funding amount.

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    How would federally standardized trauma kit requirements affect smaller police departments with limited budgets for equipment upgrades?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the premise that uniform trauma kit standards would improve officer and public safety outcomes?

  3. 03

    Without a specified deadline or budget allocation, how would the Justice Department prioritize developing and implementing these standards?

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Sponsor · R-TX

John Cornyn

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Introduced 2025-08-01

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-08-01 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-08-01 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-08-01 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-07-29 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4796; text: CR S4797)

  5. 2025-07-29 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-05-20 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 84.

  7. 2025-05-20 · senate · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.

  8. 2025-05-20 · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.

  9. 2025-05-15 · senate · Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  10. 2025-05-05 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  11. 2025-05-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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