FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act

II Calendar No. 411 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 495 [Report No. 116–213] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 29, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs FEBRUARY 4, 2020 Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with amendments [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] AN ACT 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Information 4 Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law 5 Enforcement Act of 2017 2019’’ or the ‘‘FIRST State and 6 Local Law Enforcement Act’’. 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Feb 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H495.RS H495 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 495 RS SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON OFFICE FOR STATE AND 1 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 2 Section 2006(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 3 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607(b)) is amended— 4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para- 5 graph (6); and 6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol- 7 lowing new paragraph: 8 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—For each of fiscal 9 years 2020 through 2024, the Assistant Secretary 10 for State and Local Law Enforcement shall submit 11 to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 12 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep- 13 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu- 14 rity and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 15 on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the activi- 16 ties of the Office for State and Local Law Enforce- 17 ment. Each such report shall include, for the fiscal 18 year covered by such report, a description of each of 19 the following: 20 ‘‘(A) Efforts to coordinate and share infor- 21 mation regarding Department and component 22 agency programs with State, local, and Tribal 23 law enforcement agencies. 24 ‘‘(B) Efforts to improve information shar- 25 ing through the Homeland Security Information 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Feb 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H495.RS H495 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 495 RS Network by appropriate component agencies of 1 the Department and by State, local, and Tribal 2 law enforcement agencies. 3 ‘‘(C) The status of performance metrics 4 within the Office of for State and Local Law 5 Enforcement to evaluate the effectiveness of ef- 6 forts to carry out the activities specified in sub- 7 section (a). 8 ‘‘(D) Any feedback from State, local, and 9 Tribal law enforcement agencies regarding the 10 Office of for State and Local Law Enforcement, 11 including the mechanisms utilized to collect 12 such feedback. 13 ‘‘(E) Efforts to carry out all other respon- 14 sibilities of the Office of for State and Local 15 Law Enforcement.’’. 16 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Feb 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H495.RS H495 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 411 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 495 [Report No. 116–213] AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement. FEBRUARY 4, 2020 Reported with amendments VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Feb 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H495.RS H495 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS