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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4970 

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 

MARCH 25, 2010 

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 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 2010’’. 


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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) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated to the Attorney General for the activities of the 

16 Committee such sums as may be necessary out of the 

17 funds made available to the Department of Justice for 

18 State and local law enforcement assistance. 

19 SEC. 3. REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON INFOR20 MATION SHARING BETWEEN CORRECTIONS 

21 AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 

22 AND THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR 

23 ADULT OFFENDER SUPERVISION. 

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

25 from local, State, and tribal governments through the 


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1 Committee and other components of the Department of 

2 Justice, shall review the state of information sharing be3 tween corrections and law enforcement agencies of local, 

4 State, and tribal governments and of the Federal Govern5 ment. 

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

7 under subsection (a) shall— 

8 (1) identify policy and technical barriers to ef9 fective information sharing; 

10 (2) identify best practices for effective informa11 tion sharing; and 

12 (3) assess ways for information sharing to im13 prove the awareness and safety of law enforcement 

14 and corrections officials, including information shar15 ing by the Interstate Commission for Adult Offend16 ers Supervision. 

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

18 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall sub19 mit to Congress a report regarding the review under this 

20 section, including a discussion of the recommendations of 

21 the Committee and the efforts of the Department of Jus22 tice to address the recommendations. 

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