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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4075

To establish a rapid deployment force.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 17, 1994

Mrs. KENNELLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To establish a rapid deployment force.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rapid Deployment

5 Strike Force Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab8 lish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation a unit, to be

9 known as the Rapid Deployment Force, which shall be

10 made available to assist units of local government in com11 bating crime in accordance with this Act.
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1 (b) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.—The Rapid Deployment

2 Force shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Director of

3 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (referred to as ‘‘Dep4 uty Assistant Director’’).

5 (c) PERSONNEL.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Rapid Deployment

7 Force shall be comprised of approximately 2,500

8 Federal law enforcement officers with training and

9 experience in—

10 (A) investigation of violent crime, drug-re11 lated crime, criminal gangs, and juvenile delin12 quency; and

13 (B) community action to prevent crime.

14 (2) REPLACEMENT.—To the extent that the

15 Rapid Deployment Force is staffed through the

16 transfer of personnel from other entities in the De17 partment of Justice or any other Federal agency,

18 such personnel of that entity or agency shall be re19 placed through the hiring of additional law enforce20 ment officers.

21 SEC. 3. DEPLOYMENT.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—On application of the Governor of

23 a State and the chief executive officer of the affected local

24 government or governments (or, in the case of the District

25 of Columbia, the mayor) and upon finding that the occur-
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1 rence of criminal activity in a particular jurisdiction is

2 being exacerbated by the interstate flow of drugs, guns,

3 and criminals, the Deputy Assistant Director may deploy

4 on a temporary basis a unit of the Rapid Deployment

5 Force of an appropriate number of law enforcement offi6 cers to the jurisdiction to assist State and local law en7 forcement agencies in the investigation of criminal activ8 ity. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ shall

9 be deemed to include the District of Columbia and any

10 United States territory or possession.

11 (b) APPLICATION.—An application for assistance

12 under this section shall—

13 (1) describe the nature of the crime problem

14 that a local jurisdiction is experiencing;

15 (2) describe, in quantitative and qualitative

16 terms, the State and local law enforcement forces

17 that are available and will be made available to com18 bat the crime problem;

19 (3) demonstrate that such State and local law

20 enforcement forces have been organized and coordi21 nated so as to make the most effective use of the re22 sources that are available to them, and of the assist23 ance of the Rapid Deployment Force, to combat

24 crime;
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1 (4) demonstrate a willingness to assist in pro2 viding temporary housing facilities for members of

3 the Rapid Deployment Force;

4 (5) delineate opportunities for training and edu5 cation of local law enforcement and community rep6 resentatives in anticrime strategies by the Rapid De7 ployment Force;

8 (6) include a plan by which the local jurisdic9 tion will prevent a rebound in the crime level follow10 ing departure of the Rapid Deployment Force from

11 the jurisdiction; and

12 (7) such other information as the Deputy As13 sistant Director may reasonably require.

14 (c) CONDITIONS OF DEPLOYMENT.—The Deputy As15 sistant Director, upon consultation with the Attorney Gen16 eral, may agree to deploy a unit of the Rapid Deployment

17 Force to a State or local jurisdiction on such conditions

18 as the Deputy Assistant Director considers to be appro19 priate, including a condition that more State or local law

20 enforcement officers or other resources be committed to

21 dealing with the crime problem. The unit shall serve under

22 the overall control of the senior State or local law enforce23 ment authority in the deployment area, pursuant to a

24 clearly delineated command and operational deployment

25 agreement reached prior to the deployment by the Deputy
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1 Assistant Director and such senior State or local author2 ity.

3 (d) DEPUTIZATION.—Members of the Rapid Deploy4 ment Force who are deployed to a jurisdiction shall be

5 deputized in accordance with State law so as to empower

6 such officers to make arrests and participate in the pros7 ecution of criminal offenses under State law.

8 SEC. 4. LEAVE SYSTEM.

9 Notwithstanding subchapter I of chapter 63 of title

10 5, United States Code, the Attorney General of the United

11 States shall, after consultation with the Director of the

12 Office of Personnel Management, establish, and admin13 ister an annual leave system applicable to the Federal law

14 enforcement officers serving in the Rapid Deployment

15 Force.

16 SEC. 5. LOCATION OF UNITS AND FUNCTIONS WHEN NOT

17 DEPLOYED.

18 (a) LOCATION.—Units of the Rapid Deployment

19 Force shall be based in the Nation’s major regions at loca20 tions and in facilities determined by the Attorney General.

21 Members of the Rapid Deployment Force shall receive

22 training and education in the regional crime problems of

23 the region where they are based. The Deputy Assistant

24 Director whenever possible shall deploy units in the region

25 where they are based.
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1 (b) NONDEPLOYMENT FUNCTIONS.—When not de2 ployed pursuant to a deployment agreement to a locality,

3 the Deputy Assistant Director shall use members of a unit

4 to provide special training and education to local law en5 forcement agencies. To the extent Rapid Deployment

6 Force units are not needed for deployment or training,

7 members of such units shall be available to support ongo8 ing regional Federal Bureau of Investigation efforts and

9 programs and, as appropriate, other Federal law enforce10 ment efforts, until required for deployment and training.

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