A BILL 
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. 
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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 ‘‘Shadow Wolves En-
hancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RECLASSIFICATION OF SHADOW WOLVES AS GS– 
1811 SPECIAL AGENTS. 
The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement is authorized— 
(1) to reclassify the GS–1801 tactical enforce-
ment officers (commonly known as ‘‘Shadow 
Wolves’’) assigned to the Homeland Security Inves-
tigations 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 Train-
ing 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 En-
forcement Homeland Security Investigations 
Special Agent Training, if the officer was hired 
during or after March 2003; 
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(2) to classify any Shadow Wolves who are as-
signed to the unit referred to in paragraph (1) after 
such date of enactment as GS–1811 special agents 
upon the successful completion of the training de-
scribed in paragraph (1); and 
(3) to classify as GS–1811 special agents upon 
the successful completion of the training described in 
paragraph (1) any Shadow Wolves who are hired as 
part of a comparable unit (regardless of location) es-
tablished after such date of enactment with the ap-
proval and consent of the appropriate Indian tribe. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF SHADOW WOLVES PROGRAM. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Comptroller General of the United States, 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, and the 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 inter-
national border between the United States and Can-
ada or the international border between the United 
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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 re-
quired under section 3 and annually thereafter for the fol-
lowing two years, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives— 
(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of such 
strategy; and 
(2) any recommendations for improvements to 
the strategy that the Comptroller General deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
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Union Calendar No. 176 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5681 
[Report No. 117–246] 
A BILL 
To authorize the reclassification of the tactical en-
forcement officers (commonly known as the 
‘‘Shadow Wolves’’) in the Homeland Security In-
vestigations tactical patrol unit operating on the 
lands of the Tohono O’odham Nation as special 
agents, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 11, 2022 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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