Bill lets groups use safety grants to hire police and staff.
H.R. 9966 — Safe Spaces for All Act · Filed by Joe Neguse (D-CO) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill changes how the Department of Homeland Security's safety grant program works. Groups can now use grant money to hire safety workers and off-duty police. Groups can also hire people to help write grant requests. The bill caps money spent on grant-writing staff at 5% of each grant.
Who it affects
Religious groups, centers, and civil rights groups can now hire safety staff. Off-duty police and safety workers may get more job offers. Groups with money to hire grant-writing staff may win grants more often.
One thing to notice
The bill lets groups hire off-duty police with grant money. This could give police departments a new source of income.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 27, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- safety grant program — A government program that gives money to groups to pay for safety.
- off-duty police — Police who are not working their regular shift but work extra jobs.
- grant-writing staff — People who help write requests for money from the government.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (684 characters) on Jul 31, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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