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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1550 
To establish programs in the Department of Justice and in the Department 
of Homeland Security to help States that have high rates of homicide 
and other violent crime, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2011 
Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
BORDALLO, and Mr. QUIGLEY) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish programs in the Department of Justice and 
in the Department of Homeland Security to help States 
that have high rates of homicide and other violent crime, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Recruitment and Retention Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PROGRAM. 
(a) CREATION OF PROGRAM.—The Attorney General 
shall establish a program within the Department of Jus-
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tice to recruit and assign individuals for authorized Fed-
eral law enforcement and security positions, and retain in-
dividuals in those positions, in States that have experi-
enced a high rate of homicides and other violent crimes. 
(b) FEDERAL COORDINATOR.—The Attorney General 
shall designate an official within the Department of Jus-
tice to be the Federal coordinator of the program estab-
lished under this section. 
(c) DUTIES OF COORDINATOR.—The Federal coordi-
nator appointed under this section shall— 
(1) consult with the chief executive of, and with 
law enforcement agencies in, States that have expe-
rienced a high rate of homicides and other violent 
crimes to determine how additional Federal per-
sonnel can help address the State’s needs in this 
area; and 
(2) coordinate the implementation of the pro-
gram established under this section. 
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) CREATION OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the 
Department of Homeland Security shall establish a pro-
gram within the Department of Homeland Security to re-
cruit and assign individuals for authorized Federal law en-
forcement and security positions, and retain individuals in 
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those positions, in States that have experienced a high rate 
of homicides and other violent crimes. 
(b) FEDERAL COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of the 
Department of Homeland Security shall designate an offi-
cial within the Department of Homeland Security to be 
the Federal coordinator of the program established under 
this section. 
(c) DUTIES OF COORDINATOR.—The Federal coordi-
nator appointed under this section shall— 
(1) consult with the chief executive of, and with 
law enforcement agencies in, States that have expe-
rienced a high rate of homicides and other violent 
crimes to determine how additional Federal per-
sonnel can help address the State’s needs in this 
area; and 
(2) coordinate the implementation of the pro-
gram established under this section. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF ‘‘STATE’’. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ means any State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the 
United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
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