1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recruit and Retain Act of 2024 . 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 (22) through (23) as paragraphs (23) through (24), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (21) the following: (22) 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. 10381(b)(23) ), as so redesignated, is amended by striking (21) and inserting (22) . 3. Administrative costs; Pipeline Partnership Program Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (o) Administrative costs Not more than 2 percent of a grant made for the hiring or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers may be used for costs incurred to administer such grant. (p) COPS Pipeline Partnership Program (1) Eligible entity defined In this subsection, the term eligible entity means a law enforcement agency in partnership with not less than 1 educational institution, which may include 1 or any combination of the following: (A) An elementary school. (B) A secondary school. (C) An institution of higher education. (D) A Hispanic-serving institution. (E) A historically Black college or university. (F) A Tribal college. (2) Grants The Attorney General shall award competitive grants to eligible entities for recruiting activities that— (A) support substantial student engagement for the exploration of potential future career opportunities in law enforcement