FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 138 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 138

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report
           on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2021

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report
           on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Information Resource to
Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2021'' or
the ``FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON OFFICE FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    Section 2006(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
607(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(5) Annual report.--For each of fiscal years 2022 through
        2026, the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law
        Enforcement shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security
        and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
        Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
        Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
        Senate a report on the activities of the Office for State and
        Local Law Enforcement. Each such report shall include, for the
        fiscal year covered by such report, a description of each of
        the following:
                    ``(A) Efforts to coordinate and share information
                regarding Department and component agency programs with
                State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies.
                    ``(B) Efforts to improve information sharing
                through the Homeland Security Information Network by
                appropriate component agencies of the Department and by
                State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies.
                    ``(C) The status of performance metrics within the
                Office of State and Local Law Enforcement to evaluate
                the effectiveness of efforts to carry out the
                activities specified in subsection (a).
                    ``(D) Any feedback from State, local, and Tribal
                law enforcement agencies regarding the Office of State
                and Local Law Enforcement, including the mechanisms
                utilized to collect such feedback.
                    ``(E) Efforts to carry out all other
                responsibilities of the Office of State and Local Law
                Enforcement.''.
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