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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 recommenda-
tions 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 so-
lutions on information sharing and interoperability, and 
enhancing its pursuit of benefits and cost savings for 
local, State, tribal, and Federal justice agencies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Global Advisory Committee Authorization Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. GLOBAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING INITIA-
TIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Committee’’ 
means the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative 
(Global) Advisory Committee established by the Attorney 
General. 
(b) 
AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.), the Committee shall not terminate unless termi-
nated by an Act of Congress. The Attorney General is au-
thorized to provide technical and financial assistance and 
support services to the Committee to carry out the activi-
ties of the Committee, including the activities described 
in subsection (c). 
(c) ACTIVITIES.—In addition to any activities as-
signed to the Committee by the Attorney General, the 
Committee shall— 
(1) gather views from agencies of local, State, 
and tribal governments and the Federal Government 
and other entities that work to support public safety 
and justice; 
(2) recommend to the Attorney General meas-
ures to improve the administration of justice and 
protect the public by promoting practices and tech-
nologies for database interoperability and the secure 
sharing of justice and public safety information be-
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tween local, State, and tribal governments and the 
Federal Government; and 
(3) submit to Congress an annual report re-
garding issues considered by the Committee and rec-
ommendations made to the Attorney General by the 
Committee. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that local, State, and tribal governments and other 
relevant entities should use the recommendations devel-
oped and disseminated by the Committee in accordance 
with this Act to evaluate, improve, and develop effective 
strategies and technologies to improve public safety and 
information sharing. 
(e) INFORMATION FROM DOJ FUNDING APPLI-
CANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that 
is one year from the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall require that any appli-
cant for a funding solicitation from the Department 
of Justice for the implementation of an information 
sharing solution shall include within the application 
for such funding— 
(A) how the information sharing solution 
would comply with applicable standards en-
dorsed by the Committee; or 
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(B) in the case that such information shar-
ing solution would not comply with such stand-
ards, the reason for such non-compliance. 
(2) INFORMATION NOT TO AFFECT AWARD DE-
CISIONS.—Information provided by an applicant pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall not affect any decision 
for making an award to such applicant for the im-
plementation of an information sharing solution un-
less the agency making such award specifically re-
quires use of applicable endorsed standards or speci-
fications as a condition for accepting such award. 
(3) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General is 
authorized to issue such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. 
SEC. 3. REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON INFOR-
MATION SHARING BETWEEN CORRECTIONS 
AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 
AND THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR 
ADULT OFFENDER SUPERVISION. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Attorney General, based on input 
from local, State, and tribal governments through the 
Committee and other components of the Department of 
Justice, shall review the state of information sharing be-
tween corrections and law enforcement agencies of local, 
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State, and tribal governments and of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The review by the Attorney General 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) identify policy and technical barriers to ef-
fective information sharing; 
(2) identify best practices for effective informa-
tion sharing; and 
(3) assess ways for information sharing to im-
prove the awareness and safety of law enforcement 
and corrections officials, including information shar-
ing by the Interstate Commission for Adult Offend-
ers Supervision. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall sub-
mit to Congress a report regarding the review under this 
section, including a discussion of the recommendations of 
the Committee and the efforts of the Department of Jus-
tice to address the recommendations. 
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