Federal

FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2023

Source: Congress.gov · 577 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill changes a 2002 federal law to require the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to write yearly reports. The reports describe how the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement coordinates with police agencies across states, counties and tribal governments.

Who It Affects

The Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement writes and submits reports. The House Committee on Homeland Security, House Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on the Judiciary receive the reports. State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies provide feedback that goes into the reports.

Key Provisions

• The Assistant Secretary must submit annual reports for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to four congressional committees (Sec. 2) • Each report must describe efforts to coordinate and share information about federal programs with state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies (Sec. 2) • Each report must describe efforts to improve information sharing through the Homeland Security Information Network (a federal system for sharing security data) (Sec. 2) • Each report must include the status of performance metrics (measurements of success) used to evaluate how well the Office carries out its work (Sec. 2) • Each report must include feedback from state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies about the Office, including how that feedback was collected (Sec. 2)

What Changes

The existing law gets one new requirement added to it. Federal agencies now must produce and send specific yearly reports on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement to Congress for five fiscal years.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 58 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 9, 2023 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 juris- diction of the committee concerned 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 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 2023’’ or the ‘‘FIRST State and 6 Local Law Enforcement Act of 2023’’. 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Mar 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H58.IH H58 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 58 IH SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON OFFICE FOR STATE AND 1 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 2 Section 2006(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 3 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607(b)) is amended— 4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para- 5 graph (6); and 6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol- 7 lowing new paragraph: 8 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—For each of fiscal 9 years 2023 through 2027, the Assistant Secretary 10 for State and Local Law Enforcement shall submit 11 to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 12 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep- 13 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu- 14 rity and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 15 on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the activi- 16 ties of the Office for State and Local Law Enforce- 17 ment. Each such report shall include, for the fiscal 18 year covered by such report, a description of each of 19 the following: 20 ‘‘(A) Efforts to coordinate and share infor- 21 mation regarding Department and component 22 agency programs with State, local, and Tribal 23 law enforcement agencies. 24 ‘‘(B) Efforts to improve information shar- 25 ing through the Homeland Security Information 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Mar 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H58.IH H58 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 58 IH 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 State and Local Law En- 5 forcement 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 State and Local Law Enforcement, in- 11 cluding the mechanisms utilized to collect such 12 feedback. 13 ‘‘(E) Efforts to carry out all other respon- 14 sibilities of the Office of State and Local Law 15 Enforcement.’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Mar 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H58.IH H58 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

Important: This plain English summary was generated by AI and is provided for informational purposes only. It is not legal advice. Always consult the official bill text on Congress.gov or a qualified attorney for legal matters.