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‘‘SEC. 890C. TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE UNITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, shall operate Transnational Criminal Investiga-
tive Units within Homeland Security Investigations. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—Each Transnational Criminal Investigative 
Unit shall be composed of trained foreign law enforcement officials 
who shall collaborate with Homeland Security Investigations to 
investigate and prosecute individuals involved in transnational 
criminal activity. 
‘‘(c) VETTING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Before entry into a Transnational 
Criminal Investigative Unit, and at periodic intervals while 
serving in such a unit, foreign law enforcement officials shall 
be required to pass certain security evaluations, which may 
include a background check, a polygraph examination, a urinal-
ysis test, or other measures that the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate. 
‘‘(2) LEAHY VETTING REQUIRED.—No member of a foreign 
law enforcement unit may join a Transnational Criminal Inves-
tigative Unit if the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, has credible information that such foreign law enforce-
ment unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, 
consistent with the limitations set forth in section 620M of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d). 
‘‘(3) APPROVAL AND CONCURRENCE.—The establishment and 
continued support of the Transnational Criminal Investigative 
Units who are assigned under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall be performed with the approval of the chief 
of mission to the foreign country to which the personnel 
are assigned; 
‘‘(B) shall be consistent with the duties and powers 
of the Secretary of State and the chief of mission for a 
foreign country under section 103 of the Omnibus Diplo-
matic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 
4802) and section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3927), respectively; and 
‘‘(C) shall not be established without the concurrence 
of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Nar-
cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Executive Associate Director of Home-
land Security Investigations shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives that describes— 
‘‘(A) the procedures used for vetting Transnational 
Criminal Investigative Unit members to include compliance 
with the vetting required under this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) any additional measures that should be imple-
mented to prevent personnel in vetted units from being 
compromised by criminal organizations. 
‘‘(d) MONETARY STIPEND.—The Executive Associate Director of 
Homeland Security Investigations is authorized to pay vetted mem-
bers of a Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit a monetary
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stipend in an amount associated with their duties dedicated to 
unit activities. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—The Executive Associate Director of 
Homeland Security Investigations, during the 5-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this section, shall provide 
an annual unclassified briefing to the congressional committees 
referred to in subsection (c)(4), which may include a classified 
session, if necessary, that identifies— 
‘‘(1) the number of vetted members of Transnational 
Criminal Investigative Unit in each country; 
‘‘(2) the amount paid in stipends to such members, 
disaggregated by country; 
‘‘(3) relevant enforcement statistics, such as arrests and 
progress made on joint investigations, in each such country; 
and 
‘‘(4) whether any vetted members of the Transnational 
Criminal Investigative Unit in each country were involved in 
any unlawful activity, including human rights abuses or signifi-
cant acts of corruption.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 890B 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 890C. Transnational Criminal Investigative Units.’’. 
SEC. 7106. CHEMICAL SECURITY ANALYSIS CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 323. CHEMICAL SECURITY ANALYSIS CENTER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology, shall designate the laboratory 
described in subsection (b) as an additional laboratory pursuant 
to the authority under section 308(c)(2), which shall be used to 
conduct studies, analyses, and research to assess and address 
domestic chemical security events. 
‘‘(b) LABORATORY DESCRIBED.—The laboratory described in this 
subsection is the laboratory known, as of the date of enactment 
of this section, as the Chemical Security Analysis Center. 
‘‘(c) LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to the authority under 
section 302(4), the Chemical Security Analysis Center shall— 
‘‘(1) identify and develop approaches and mitigation strate-
gies to domestic chemical security threats, including the 
development of comprehensive, research-based definable goals 
relating to such approaches and mitigation strategies; 
‘‘(2) provide an enduring science-based chemical threat and 
hazard analysis capability; 
‘‘(3) provide expertise regarding risk and consequence mod-
eling, chemical sensing and detection, analytical chemistry, 
acute chemical toxicology, synthetic chemistry and reaction 
characterization, and nontraditional chemical agents and 
emerging chemical threats; 
‘‘(4) staff and operate a technical assistance program that 
provides operational support and subject matter expertise, 
design and execute laboratory and field tests, and provide a 
comprehensive 
knowledge 
repository 
of 
chemical 
threat
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information that is continuously updated with data from sci-
entific, intelligence, operational, and private sector sources; 
‘‘(5) consult, as appropriate, with the Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Office of the Department to mitigate, pre-
pare, and respond to threats, hazards, and risks associated 
with domestic chemical security events; and 
‘‘(6) carry out such other activities authorized under this 
section as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—Nothing in this section amends, alters, 
or affects— 
‘‘(1) the responsibilities of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office of the Department; or 
‘‘(2) the activities or requirements authorized to other enti-
ties within the Federal Government, including the activities 
and requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency 
under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)), 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), 
and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (commonly referred to as ‘Super-
fund’; 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 322 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 323. Chemical Security Analysis Center.’’. 
Subtitle B—Strengthening DHS Manage-
ment, Policymaking, and Operations 
SEC. 7111. JOINT TASK FORCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘DHS 
Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 
(b) DHS JOINT TASK FORCES.—Subsection (b) of section 708 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 348) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (8) to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) JOINT TASK FORCE STAFF.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Joint Task Force shall have 
a staff, composed of personnel from relevant components 
and offices of the Department, to assist the Director of 
such Joint Task Force in carrying out the mission and 
responsibilities of such Joint Task Force. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—The Secretary shall include in the report 
submitted under paragraph (6)(F)— 
‘‘(i) the number of personnel of each component 
or office permanently assigned to each Joint Task 
Force; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of personnel of each component 
or office assigned on a temporary basis to each Joint 
Task Force.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT’’ and 
inserting ‘‘MISSION; ESTABLISHMENT’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
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‘‘(A) using leading practices in performance manage-
ment and lessons learned by other law enforcement task 
forces and joint operations, establish— 
‘‘(i) the mission, strategic goals, and objectives of 
each Joint Task Force; 
‘‘(ii) the criteria for terminating each Joint Task 
Force; and 
‘‘(iii) 
outcome-based 
and 
other 
appropriate 
performance metrics for evaluating the effectiveness 
of each Joint Task Force with respect to the mission, 
strategic goals, and objectives established pursuant to 
clause (i), including— 
‘‘(I) targets for each Joint Task Force to 
achieve by not later than one and three years 
after such establishment; and 
‘‘(II) a description of the methodology used 
to establish such metrics;’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(iii) by striking ‘‘date of the enactment of this 
section’’ and insert ‘‘date of the enactment of the DHS 
Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2022’’; 
(iv) by inserting ‘‘mission, strategic goals, objec-
tives, and’’ before ‘‘metrics’’; and 
(v) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of the DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization 
Act of 2022 and annually thereafter, submit to the commit-
tees specified in subparagraph (B) a report that contains 
information on the progress in implementing the outcome- 
based and other appropriate performance metrics estab-
lished pursuant to subparagraph (A)(iii).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (11)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘OR
TERMINATION’’ 
after ‘‘FORMATION’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than seven days after 
establishing or terminating a Joint Task Force under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the majority 
leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority 
leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a notification regarding such 
establishment or termination, as the case may be. The 
contents of any such notification shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) The criteria and conditions required to estab-
lish or terminate the Joint Task Force at issue. 
‘‘(ii) The primary mission, strategic goals, objec-
tives, and plan of operations of such Joint Task Force. 
‘‘(iii) If such notification is a notification of termi-
nation, information on the effectiveness of such Joint
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Task Force as measured by the outcome-based perform-
ance metrics and other appropriate performance 
metrics established pursuant to paragraph (9)(A)(iii). 
‘‘(iv) The funding and resources required to estab-
lish or terminate such Joint Task Force. 
‘‘(v) The number of personnel of each component 
or office permanently assigned to such Joint Task 
Force. 
‘‘(vi) The number of personnel of each component 
and office assigned on a temporary basis to such Joint 
Task Force. 
‘‘(vii) If such notification is a notification of 
establishment, the anticipated costs of establishing and 
operating such Joint Task Force. 
‘‘(viii) If such notification is a notification of termi-
nation, funding allocated in the immediately preceding 
fiscal year to such Joint Task Force for— 
‘‘(I) operations, notwithstanding such termi-
nation; and 
‘‘(II) activities associated with such termi-
nation. 
‘‘(ix) The anticipated establishment or actual 
termination date of such Joint Task Force, as the case 
may be.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (12)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘January 31, 2018, and January 
31, 2021, the Inspector General of the Department’’ 
and inserting ‘‘one year after the date of the enactment 
of the DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act 
of 2022, the Comptroller General of the United States’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘an assessment of the effectiveness 
of the Secretary’s utilization of the authority provided 
under this section for the purposes specified in sub-
section (b)(2) as among the range of options available 
to the Secretary to conduct joint operations among 
departmental components and offices and’’ before ‘‘a 
review of the Joint Task Forces’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
‘‘reviews’’ and inserting ‘‘review’’; and 
(ii) by amending clauses (i) and (ii) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) an assessment of methodology utilized to deter-
mine whether to establish or terminate each Joint 
Task Force; and 
‘‘(ii) an assessment of the effectiveness of oversight 
over each Joint Task Force, with specificity regarding 
the Secretary’s utilization of outcome-based or other 
appropriate performance metrics (established pursuant 
to paragraph (9)(A)(iii)) to evaluate the effectiveness 
of each Joint Task Force in measuring progress with 
respect to the mission, strategic goals, and objectives 
(established pursuant to paragraph (9)(A)(i)) of such 
Joint Task Force.’’; and
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(5) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘2024’’. 
SEC. 7112. HOMELAND PROCUREMENT REFORM ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 836. REQUIREMENTS TO BUY CERTAIN ITEMS RELATED TO 
NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED ITEM.—The term ‘covered item’ means any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) Footwear provided as part of a uniform. 
‘‘(B) Uniforms. 
‘‘(C) Holsters and tactical pouches. 
‘‘(D) Patches, insignia, and embellishments. 
‘‘(E) Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 
protective gear. 
‘‘(F) Body armor components intended to provide bal-
listic protection for an individual, consisting of 1 or more 
of the following: 
‘‘(i) Soft ballistic panels. 
‘‘(ii) Hard ballistic plates. 
‘‘(iii) Concealed armor carriers worn under a uni-
form. 
‘‘(iv) External armor carriers worn over a uniform. 
‘‘(G) Any other item of clothing or protective equipment 
as determined appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) FRONTLINE
OPERATIONAL
COMPONENT.—The term 
‘frontline operational component’ means any of the following 
entities of the Department: 
‘‘(A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
‘‘(B) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 
‘‘(C) The United States Secret Service. 
‘‘(D) The Transportation Security Administration. 
‘‘(E) The Federal Protective Service. 
‘‘(F) The Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
‘‘(G) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 
‘‘(H) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure that any 
procurement of a covered item for a frontline operational compo-
nent meets the following criteria: 
‘‘(A)(i) To the maximum extent possible, not less than 
one-third of funds obligated in a specific fiscal year for 
the procurement of such covered items shall be covered 
items that are manufactured or supplied in the United 
States by entities that qualify as small business concerns, 
as such term is described under section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
‘‘(ii) Covered items may only be supplied pursuant 
to subparagraph (A) to the extent that United States enti-
ties that qualify as small business concerns— 
‘‘(I) are unable to manufacture covered items in 
the United States; and
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‘‘(II) meet the criteria identified in subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(B) Each contractor with respect to the procurement 
of such a covered item, including the end-item manufac-
turer of such a covered item— 
‘‘(i) is an entity registered with the System for 
Award Management (or successor system) adminis-
tered by the General Services Administration; and 
‘‘(ii) is in compliance with ISO 9001:2015 of the 
International Organization for Standardization (or suc-
cessor standard) or a standard determined appropriate 
by the Secretary to ensure the quality of products 
and adherence to applicable statutory and regulatory 
requirements. 
‘‘(C) Each supplier of such a covered item with an 
insignia (such as any patch, badge, or emblem) and each 
supplier of such an insignia, if such covered item with 
such insignia or such insignia, as the case may be, is 
not produced, applied, or assembled in the United States, 
shall— 
‘‘(i) store such covered item with such insignia 
or such insignia in a locked area; 
‘‘(ii) report any pilferage or theft of such covered 
item with such insignia or such insignia occurring at 
any stage before delivery of such covered item with 
such insignia or such insignia; and 
‘‘(iii) destroy any such defective or unusable cov-
ered item with insignia or insignia in a manner estab-
lished by the Secretary, and maintain records, for three 
years after the creation of such records, of such destruc-
tion that include the date of such destruction, a descrip-
tion of the covered item with insignia or insignia 
destroyed, the quantity of the covered item with 
insignia or insignia destroyed, and the method of 
destruction. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a national emergency 
declared by the President under the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or a major disaster declared 
by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170), the Secretary may waive a requirement in subpara-
graph (A), (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) if the Secretary 
determines there is an insufficient supply of a covered 
item that meets such requirement. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
on which the Secretary determines a waiver under subpara-
graph (A) is necessary, the Secretary shall provide to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives notice of such deter-
mination, which shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) Identification of the national emergency or 
major disaster declared by the President.
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‘‘(ii) Identification of the covered item for which 
the Secretary intends to issue the waiver. 
‘‘(iii) A description of the demand for the covered 
item and corresponding lack of supply from contractors 
able to meet the criteria described in subparagraph 
(B) or (C) of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) PRICING.—The Secretary shall ensure that covered items 
are purchased at a fair and reasonable price, consistent with the 
procedures and guidelines specified in the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Security, the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform, the Committee on Small Business, 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a briefing 
on instances in which vendors have failed to meet deadlines for 
delivery of covered items and corrective actions taken by the Depart-
ment in response to such instances. 
‘‘(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section applies with respect to a 
contract entered into by the Department or any frontline operational 
component on or after the date that is 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a study 
of the adequacy of uniform allowances provided to employees 
of frontline operational components (as such term is defined 
in section 836 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 
by subsection (a)). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The study conducted under paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) be informed by a Department-wide survey of 
employees from across the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity who receive uniform allowances that seeks to ascertain 
what, if any, improvements could be made to the current 
uniform allowances and what, if any, impacts current allow-
ances have had on employee morale and retention; 
(B) assess the adequacy of the most recent increase 
made to the uniform allowance for first year employees; 
and 
(C) consider increasing by 50 percent, at minimum, 
the annual allowance for all other employees. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall provide a report with recommendations on how the 
Department of Homeland Security could procure additional 
items from domestic sources and bolster the domestic supply 
chain for items related to national security to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, the Committee on Small Business and
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Entrepreneurship, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security, the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform, the Committee on Small 
Business, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) A review of the compliance of the Department 
of Homeland Security with the requirements under section 
604 of title VI of division A of the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (6 U.S.C. 453b) to buy cer-
tain items related to national security interests from 
sources in the United States. 
(B) An assessment of the capacity of the Department 
of Homeland Security to procure the following items from 
domestic sources: 
(i) Personal protective equipment and other items 
necessary to respond to a pandemic such as that caused 
by COVID–19. 
(ii) Helmets that provide ballistic protection and 
other head protection and components. 
(iii) Rain gear, cold weather gear, and other 
environmental and flame resistant clothing. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 
1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 
116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 835 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 836. Requirements to buy certain items related to national security inter-
ests.’’. 
SEC. 7113. DAILY PUBLIC REPORT OF COVERED CONTRACT AWARDS. 
(a) DAILY CONTRACT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall post, maintain, 
and update in accordance with paragraph (2), on a publicly 
available website of the Department, a daily report of all 
covered contract awards. 
(B) CONTENTS.—Each report under this paragraph 
shall include, for each covered contract award, information 
relating to the following: 
(i) The contract number, modification number, or 
delivery order number. 
(ii) The contract type. 
(iii) The amount obligated for the award. 
(iv) The total contract value for the award, 
including all options. 
(v) The description of the purpose for the award. 
(vi) The number of proposals or bids received. 
(vii) The name and address of the vendor, and 
whether the vendor is a small business. 
(viii) The period and primary place of performance 
for the award. 
(ix) Whether the award is multiyear. 
(x) The contracting office.