In mid-July, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations voted to eliminate the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and the COPS office.

Additionally, the committee voted to slash funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) Program by nearly 17 percent to $357 million. This proposed cut comes on top of a nearly 20 percent cut to the program in the current budget.