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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 817 

To further the mission of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative 

Advisory Committee by continuing its development of policy recommendations and technical solutions on information sharing and interoperability, 

and enhancing its pursuit of benefits and cost savings for local, State, 

tribal, and Federal justice agencies. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2013 

Mr. SMITH of Washington (for himself and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To further the mission of the Global Justice Information 

Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee by continuing its 

development of policy recommendations and technical solutions on information sharing and interoperability, and 

enhancing its pursuit of benefits and cost savings for 

local, State, tribal, and Federal justice agencies. 

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 ‘‘Department of Justice 

5 Global Advisory Committee Authorization Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GLOBAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING INITIA2 TIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

3 (a) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Committee’’ 

4 means the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative 

5 (Global) Advisory Committee established by the Attorney 

6 General. 

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding section 

8 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

9 App.), the Committee shall not terminate unless termi10 nated by an Act of Congress. The Attorney General is au11 thorized to provide technical and financial assistance and 

12 support services to the Committee to carry out the activi13 ties of the Committee, including the activities described 

14 in subsection (c). 

15 (c) ACTIVITIES.—In addition to any activities as16 signed to the Committee by the Attorney General, the 

17 Committee shall— 

18 (1) gather views from agencies of local, State, 

19 and tribal governments and the Federal Government 

20 and other entities that work to support public safety 

21 and justice; 

22 (2) recommend to the Attorney General meas23 ures to improve the administration of justice and 

24 protect the public by promoting practices and tech25 nologies for database interoperability and the secure 

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1 tween local, State, and tribal governments and the 

2 Federal Government; and 

3 (3) submit to Congress an annual report re4 garding issues considered by the Committee and rec5 ommendations made to the Attorney General by the 

6 Committee. 

7 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con8 gress that local, State, and tribal governments and other 

9 relevant entities should use the recommendations devel10 oped and disseminated by the Committee in accordance 

11 with this Act to evaluate, improve, and develop effective 

12 strategies and technologies to improve public safety and 

13 information sharing. 

14 (e) INFORMATION FROM DOJ FUNDING APPLI15 CANTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that 

17 is one year from the date of enactment of this Act, 

18 the Attorney General shall require that any appli19 cant for a funding solicitation from the Department 

20 of Justice for the implementation of an information 

21 sharing solution shall include within the application 

22 for such funding— 

23 (A) how the information sharing solution 

24 would comply with applicable standards en25 dorsed by the Committee; or 


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1 (B) in the case that such information shar2 ing solution would not comply with such stand3 ards, the reason for such non-compliance. 

4 (2) INFORMATION NOT TO AFFECT AWARD DE5 CISIONS.—Information provided by an applicant pur6 suant to paragraph (1) shall not affect any decision 

7 for making an award to such applicant for the im8 plementation of an information sharing solution un9 less the agency making such award specifically re10 quires use of applicable endorsed standards or speci11 fications as a condition for accepting such award. 

12 (3) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General is 

13 authorized to issue such regulations as may be nec14 essary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. 

15 SEC. 3. REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON INFOR16 MATION SHARING BETWEEN CORRECTIONS 

17 AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 

18 AND THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR 

19 ADULT OFFENDER SUPERVISION. 

20 (a) REVIEW.—The Attorney General, based on input 

21 from local, State, and tribal governments through the 

22 Committee and other components of the Department of 

23 Justice, shall review the state of information sharing be24 tween corrections and law enforcement agencies of local, 


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1 State, and tribal governments and of the Federal Govern2 ment. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—The review by the Attorney General 

4 under subsection (a) shall— 

5 (1) identify policy and technical barriers to ef6 fective information sharing; 

7 (2) identify best practices for effective informa8 tion sharing; and 

9 (3) assess ways for information sharing to im10 prove the awareness and safety of law enforcement 

11 and corrections officials, including information shar12 ing by the Interstate Commission for Adult Offend13 ers Supervision. 

14 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

15 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall sub16 mit to Congress a report regarding the review under this 

17 section, including a discussion of the recommendations of 

18 the Committee and the efforts of the Department of Jus19 tice to address the recommendations. 

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