§2 Veteran Response Team Pilot Program
This section establishes a five-year Veteran Response Team Pilot Program, to terminate on the date five years after enactment, under which the Attorney General, through the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, may make grants to states, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to create and operate veterans response teams within law enforcement agencies. Grants may support team activities—including providing identifying pins to veteran officers, using VA's Veterans Re-Entry Search Service, establishing communications with VA and community agencies, training on military-related mental health issues (e.g., PTSD, traumatic brain injury), 24/7 crisis response, and success measurement—and team creation efforts such as identifying leaders and members from law enforcement and community partners (e.g., VA offices, veterans courts), immersing members in the veteran community, and providing crisis training. The Attorney General must report to Congress on program progress, including the number of applicants and grants awarded and average grant amounts sought and awarded; the program is to be carried out using funds available under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.) for FY2026 through FY2030, subject to appropriations.