Supporting Law Enforcement Officers’ Ability to Combat Organized Retail Crime Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8477 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8477

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a curriculum to
  train State, local, Tribal, territorial, and campus law enforcement
agencies to identify, investigate, and report acts of organized retail
                     crime, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2024

 Mr. D'Esposito (for himself and Mr. LaLota) introduced the following
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in
  addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a curriculum to
  train State, local, Tribal, territorial, and campus law enforcement
agencies to identify, investigate, and report acts of organized retail
                     crime, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Supporting Law Enforcement Officers'
Ability to Combat Organized Retail Crime Act''.

SEC. 2. FLETC CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TO COMBAT ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME.

    (a) In General.--Section 884 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 464) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ``and'' after the
                semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph
                (11); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following
                new paragraph (10):
            ``(10) in consultation with the Office for State and Local
        Government Coordination under section 801, develop guidance,
        outreach, trainings, programs, and materials designed to
        educate State, local, Tribal, territorial, and campus law
        enforcement agencies regarding the threats posed by organized
        retail crime and how to properly identify, investigate, and
        report instances of organized retail crime; and'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections
        (i) and (j), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new
        subsections:
    ``(g) Provision of Certain Trainings.--Trainings developed under
subsection (c)(10) may be provided by the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers or another accredited academy of the Department.
    ``(h) Research and Development.--To the extent practicable, the
Secretary, in coordination with the Director and the Under Secretary
for Science and Technology of the Department, shall carry out research
and development, including operational testing, of technologies and
techniques for enhancing the security and situational awareness support
provided by the Department to Federal, State, local, Tribal,
territorial, and campus officials relating to efforts to combat
organized retail crime, in accordance with applicable constitutional,
privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections.''.
    (b) Deadline for Implementation.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act--
            (1) the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training
        Centers of the Department of Homeland Security shall develop
        the guidance, outreach, trainings, programs, and materials
        required under paragraph (10) of subsection (c) of section 884
        of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 464), as added
        by subsection (a)(1)(C); and
            (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall carry out the
        research and development required under subsection (h) of such
        section, as added by subsection (a)(3).
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