H. R. 5681 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 
An Act 
To authorize the reclassification of the tactical enforcement officers (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Shadow Wolves’’) in the Homeland Security Investigations tactical 
patrol unit operating on the lands of the Tohono O’odham Nation as special 
agents, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shadow Wolves Enhancement 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RECLASSIFICATION OF SHADOW WOLVES AS GS–1811 SPECIAL 
AGENTS. 
The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
is authorized— 
(1) to reclassify the GS–1801 tactical enforcement officers 
(commonly known as ‘‘Shadow Wolves’’) assigned to the Home-
land Security Investigations tactical patrol unit operating on 
the lands of the Tohono O’odham Nation, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, as GS–1811 special agents, upon 
the successful completion of— 
(A) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s 
Criminal Investigator Training Program; and 
(B)(i) Customs Basic Enforcement School, if the officer 
was hired before March 2003; or 
(ii) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Home-
land Security Investigations Special Agent Training, if the 
officer was hired during or after March 2003; 
(2) to classify any Shadow Wolves who are assigned to 
the unit referred to in paragraph (1) after such date of enact-
ment as GS–1811 special agents upon the successful completion 
of the training described in paragraph (1); and 
(3) to classify as GS–1811 special agents upon the success-
ful completion of the training described in paragraph (1) any 
Shadow Wolves who are hired as part of a comparable unit 
(regardless of location) established after such date of enactment 
with the approval and consent of the appropriate Indian tribe. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF SHADOW WOLVES PROGRAM. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Comptroller General of the United States, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the
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Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
a strategy for— 
(1) retaining existing Shadow Wolves; 
(2) recruiting new Shadow Wolves; and 
(3) expanding comparable units referred to in section 2(3) 
to appropriate areas near the international border between 
the United States and Canada or the international border 
between the United States and Mexico, with the approval and 
consent of the appropriate Indian tribe. 
SEC. 4. GAO REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after receiving the strategy required 
under section 3 and annually thereafter for the following two years, 
the Comptroller General of the United States 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— 
(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of such strategy; 
and 
(2) any recommendations for improvements to the strategy 
that the Comptroller General determines to be appropriate. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.