Register today for NAPO’s 47th Annual Convention which is scheduled July 20 – 23, 2025 at Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, which features seven spectacular pools, two PGA golf courses, a full-service spa, and upscale restaurants, lounges and pool bars. For more information and to register, please click here.
On June 12, the House passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act by a bipartisan vote of 321-104 sending it to President Trump to be signed into law. The Senate passed the HALT Fentanyl Act March 14 by a vote of 84-16. This significant victory for NAPO and public safety makes permanent the current classwide scheduling of all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 drugs under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), providing law enforcement the tools and resources needed to combat and deter fentanyl in our nation’s communities.
While Congress overturned a District of Columbia (D.C.) police reform law, the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) in 2023, the legislation was vetoed by President Biden. NAPO supported efforts to rescind the CPJRAA, which stripped Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Officers of their right to bargain over accountability and disciplinary issues. This set them apart from other public servants in the District, who can bargain over disciplinary issues. With NAPO's support, Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) introduced the Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act (H.R. 2096). On June 10, the House passed this bill by a bipartisan vote of 235 – 178, with Representatives in both parties acknowledging the importance of allowing law enforcement officers to have full collective bargaining rights.
On June 12, the Senate Judiciary Committee released its provisions of the Senate version of the Republican reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. NAPO supports the Committee’s text which strengthens funding for state and local law enforcement to protect communities from cross-border crime, including bolstering funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 287(g) agreements for state and local law enforcement participation in federal immigration efforts. It also funds Department of Justice immigration efforts and anti-drug task forces and calls for additional funding for the Bryne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs to help state and local agencies investigate and prosecute violent crime, support criminal enforcement initiatives, and assist in immigration enforcement.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) consulted with NAPO for input on the development of the President’s 2026 National Drug Control Strategy (Strategy). NAPO supports the tenets of the Trump Administration’s Drug Policy Priorities and submitted comments for the 2026 Strategy focused on training and equipment for officers particularly around fentanyl detection and containment, funding state and local law enforcement drug task forces, combating online sales of fentanyl and other illicit drugs, permanently closing the de minimis trade loophole, and supporting and maintaining the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program and the Drug Free Communities (DFC) within ONDCP.
NAPO was also solicited to provide input to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Executive Order Working Group to address the April 28, 2025 Executive Order on Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens.
Check to see if your U.S. Representatives and Senators support NAPO’s priority legislation on our new interactive Sponsor/Cosponsor map on NAPO’s website and via the latest “Legislative Positions” document, on NAPO’s website under “Washington Report”.
For more details on these and other legislative issues, please click here for the June 18, 2025 Washington Report.
