II 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4326 

To authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

to pay stipends to members of Transnational Criminal Investigative Units 

who have been properly vetted. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 26, 2022 

Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement to pay stipends to members of 

Transnational Criminal Investigative Units who have 

been properly vetted. 

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 ‘‘Transnational Crimi5 nal Investigative Unit Stipend Act’’. 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 4326 IS

1 SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS 

2 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE 

3 UNITS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 

5 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 890C. TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE 

8 UNITS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate 

10 Transnational Criminal Investigative Units within United 

11 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland 

12 Security Investigations. 

13 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—Each Transnational Criminal 

14 Investigative Unit shall be composed of trained foreign law 

15 enforcement officials who shall collaborate with Homeland 

16 Security Investigations to investigate and prosecute indi17 viduals involved in transnational criminal activity. 

18 ‘‘(c) VETTING REQUIREMENT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon entry into a 

20 Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit, and at 

21 periodic intervals while serving in such a unit, for22 eign law enforcement officials shall be required to 

23 pass certain security evaluations, which may include 

24 a background check, a polygraph examination, a uri25 nalysis test, or other measures that the Director of 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 4326 IS

1 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deter2 mines to be appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Director of U.S. Immigra4 tion and Customs Enforcement shall submit a report 

5 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov6 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

7 on Homeland Security of the House of Representa8 tives that describes— 

9 ‘‘(A) the procedures used for vetting 

10 Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit 

11 members; and 

12 ‘‘(B) any additional measures that should 

13 be implemented to prevent personnel in vetted 

14 units from being compromised by criminal orga15 nizations. 

16 ‘‘(d) MONETARY STIPEND.—The Director of U.S. 

17 Immigration and Customs Enforcement is authorized to 

18 pay vetted members of a Transnational Criminal Inves19 tigative Unit a monetary stipend in an amount associated 

20 with their duties dedicated to unit activities.’’. 

21 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

22 for the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. note) 

23 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

24 890B the following: 

‘‘Sec. 890C. Transnational Criminal Investigative Units.’’. 

Æ 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS