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Union Calendar No. 262 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3842 
[Report No. 114–343, Part I] 
To improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response 
to terrorism, by reforming Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 
to provide training to first responders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2015 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself and Mrs. TORRES) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. CARTER of Texas, 
and Mr. RATCLIFFE 
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 28, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To improve homeland security, including domestic prepared-
ness and response to terrorism, by reforming Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training 
to first responders, 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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers Reform and Improvement Act of 
2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 884 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 464) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 884. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CEN-
TERS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall maintain 
in the Department the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Centers (FLETC), headed by a Director, who shall report 
to the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) POSITION.—The Director shall occupy a career- 
reserved position within the Senior Executive Service. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR.—The Director 
shall— 
‘‘(1) develop training goals and establish stra-
tegic and tactical organizational program plan and 
priorities; 
‘‘(2) provide direction and management for 
FLETC’s training facilities, programs, and support 
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activities while ensuring that organizational program 
goals and priorities are executed in an effective and 
efficient manner; 
‘‘(3) develop homeland security and law enforce-
ment training curricula, including curricula related 
to domestic preparedness and response to threats or 
acts of terrorism, for Federal, State, local, tribal, ter-
ritorial, and international law enforcement and secu-
rity agencies and private sector security agencies; 
‘‘(4) monitor progress toward strategic and tac-
tical FLETC plans regarding training curricula, in-
cluding curricula related to domestic preparedness 
and response to threats or acts of terrorism, and fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(5) ensure the timely dissemination of home-
land security information as necessary to Federal, 
State, local, tribal, territorial, and international law 
enforcement and security agencies and the private sec-
tor to achieve the training goals for such entities, in 
accordance with paragraph (1); 
‘‘(6) carry out acquisition responsibilities in a 
manner that— 
‘‘(A) fully complies with— 
‘‘(i) Federal law; 
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‘‘(ii) the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion, 
including 
requirements 
regarding 
agency obligations to contract only with re-
sponsible prospective contractors; and 
‘‘(iii) Department acquisition manage-
ment directives; and 
‘‘(B) ensures that a fair proportion of Fed-
eral contract and subcontract dollars are award-
ed to small businesses, maximizes opportunities 
for small business participation, and ensures, to 
the extent practicable, that small businesses 
which achieve qualified vendor status for secu-
rity-related technologies have an opportunity to 
compete for contracts for such technologies; 
‘‘(7) coordinate and share information with the 
heads of relevant components and offices on digital 
learning and training resources, as appropriate; 
‘‘(8) advise the Secretary on matters relating to 
executive level policy and program administration of 
Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, and inter-
national law enforcement and security training ac-
tivities and private sector security agency training 
activities, including training activities related to do-
mestic preparedness and response to threats or acts of 
terrorism; 
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‘‘(9) collaborate with the Secretary and relevant 
officials at other Federal departments and agencies, 
as appropriate, to improve international instruc-
tional development, training, and technical assistance 
provided by the Federal Government to foreign law 
enforcement; and 
‘‘(10) carry out such other functions as the Sec-
retary determines are appropriate. 
‘‘(d) TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to 
provide training to employees of Federal agencies who 
are engaged, directly or indirectly, in homeland secu-
rity operations or Federal law enforcement activities, 
including such operations or activities related to do-
mestic preparedness and response to threats or acts of 
terrorism. In carrying out such training, the Director 
shall— 
‘‘(A) evaluate best practices of law enforce-
ment training methods and curriculum content 
to maintain state-of-the-art expertise in adult 
learning methodology; 
‘‘(B) provide expertise and technical assist-
ance, including on domestic preparedness and 
response to threats or acts of terrorism, to Fed-
eral, State, local, tribal, territorial, and inter-
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national law enforcement and security agencies 
and private sector security agencies; and 
‘‘(C) maintain a performance evaluation 
process for students. 
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP
WITH
LAW
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES.—The Director shall consult with relevant 
law enforcement and security agencies in the develop-
ment and delivery of FLETC’s training programs. 
‘‘(3) 
TRAINING
DELIVERY
LOCATIONS.—The 
training required under paragraph (1) may be con-
ducted at FLETC facilities, at appropriate off-site lo-
cations, or by distributed learning. 
‘‘(4) STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may— 
‘‘(i) execute strategic partnerships with 
State and local law enforcement to provide 
such law enforcement with specific training, 
including maritime law enforcement train-
ing; and 
‘‘(ii) coordinate with the Under Sec-
retary responsible for overseeing critical in-
frastructure protection, cybersecurity, and 
other related programs of the Department 
and with private sector stakeholders, includ-
ing critical infrastructure owners and oper-
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ators, to provide training pertinent to im-
proving coordination, security, and resil-
iency of critical infrastructure. 
‘‘(B) PROVISION
OF
INFORMATION.—The 
Director shall provide to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, upon 
request, information on activities undertaken in 
the previous year pursuant to subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(5) FLETC DETAILS TO DHS.—The Director 
may detail employees of FLETC to positions through-
out the Department in furtherance of improving the 
effectiveness and quality of training provided by the 
Department and, as appropriate, the development of 
critical departmental programs and initiatives. 
‘‘(6) DETAIL OF INSTRUCTORS TO FLETC.—Part-
ner organizations that wish to participate in FLETC 
training programs shall assign non-reimbursable de-
tailed instructors to FLETC for designated time peri-
ods to support all training programs at FLETC, as 
appropriate. The Director shall determine the number 
of detailed instructors that is proportional to the 
number of training hours requested by each partner 
organization scheduled by FLETC for each fiscal 
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year. If a partner organization is unable to provide 
a proportional number of detailed instructors, such 
partner organization shall reimburse FLETC for the 
salary equivalent for such detailed instructors, as ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(7) PARTNER
ORGANIZATION
EXPENSES
RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Partner organizations 
shall be responsible for the following expenses: 
‘‘(i) Salaries, travel expenses, lodging 
expenses, and miscellaneous per diem allow-
ances of their personnel attending training 
courses at FLETC. 
‘‘(ii) Salaries and travel expenses of 
instructors and support personnel involved 
in conducting advanced training at FLETC 
for partner organization personnel and the 
cost of expendable supplies and special 
equipment for such training, unless such 
supplies and equipment are common to 
FLETC-conducted training and have been 
included in FLETC’s budget for the appli-
cable fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) EXCESS BASIC AND ADVANCED FED-
ERAL TRAINING.—All hours of advanced training 
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and hours of basic training provided in excess of 
the training for which appropriations were made 
available shall be paid by the partner organiza-
tions and provided to FLETC on a reimbursable 
basis in accordance with section 4104 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(8) PROVISION OF NON-FEDERAL TRAINING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director is author-
ized to charge and retain fees that would pay for 
its actual costs of the training for the following: 
‘‘(i) State, local, tribal, and territorial 
law enforcement personnel. 
‘‘(ii) Foreign law enforcement officials, 
including provision of such training at the 
International Law Enforcement Academies 
wherever established. 
‘‘(iii) Private sector security officers, 
participants in the Federal Flight Deck Of-
ficer program under section 44921 of title 
49, United States Code, and other appro-
priate private sector individuals. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Director may waive the 
requirement for reimbursement of any cost under 
this section and shall maintain records regard-
ing the reasons for any requirements so waived. 
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‘‘(9) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Director is author-
ized to reimburse travel or other expenses for non- 
Federal personnel who attend activities related to 
training sponsored by FLETC, at travel and per 
diem rates established by the General Services Admin-
istration. 
‘‘(10) STUDENT SUPPORT.—In furtherance of its 
training mission, the Director is authorized to pro-
vide the following support to students: 
‘‘(A) Athletic and related activities. 
‘‘(B) Short-term medical services. 
‘‘(C) Chaplain services. 
‘‘(11) AUTHORITY
TO
HIRE
FEDERAL
ANNU-
ITANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director is authorized 
to appoint and maintain, as necessary, Federal 
annuitants who have expert knowledge and expe-
rience to meet the training responsibilities under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) 
NO
REDUCTION
IN
RETIREMENT 
PAY.—A Federal annuitant employed pursuant 
to this paragraph shall not be subject to any re-
duction in pay for annuity allocable to the pe-
riod of actual employment under the provisions 
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of section 8344 or 8468 of title 5, United States 
Code, or similar provision of any other retire-
ment system for employees. 
‘‘(C) RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANTS.—A Fed-
eral annuitant employed pursuant to this para-
graph shall not be considered an employee for 
purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chap-
ter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or such 
other retirement system (referred to in subpara-
graph (B)) as may apply. 
‘‘(D) COUNTING.—Federal annuitants shall 
be counted on a full time equivalent basis. 
‘‘(E) LIMITATION.—No appointment under 
this paragraph may be made which would result 
in the displacement of any employee. 
‘‘(12) TRAVEL
FOR
INTERMITTENT
EMPLOY-
EES.—The Director is authorized to reimburse inter-
mittent Federal employees traveling from outside a 
commuting distance (to be predetermined by the Di-
rector) for travel expenses and to compensate such em-
ployees for time spent traveling from their homes to 
work sites. 
‘‘(e) ON-FLETC HOUSING.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, individuals attending training at 
any FLETC facility shall, to the extent practicable and in 
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accordance with FLETC policy, reside in on-FLETC or 
FLETC-provided housing. 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL FISCAL AUTHORITIES.—In order to 
further the goals and objectives of FLETC, the Director is 
authorized to— 
‘‘(1) expend funds for public awareness and to 
enhance community support of law enforcement 
training, including the advertisement of available law 
enforcement training programs; 
‘‘(2) accept and use gifts of property, both real 
and personal, and to accept gifts of services, for pur-
poses that promote the functions of the Director pur-
suant to subsection (c) and the training responsibil-
ities of the Director under subsection (d); 
‘‘(3) accept reimbursement from other Federal 
agencies for the construction or renovation of training 
and support facilities and the use of equipment and 
technology on government owned-property; 
‘‘(4) obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from agencies receiving training at FLETC, 
except that total obligations at the end of a fiscal year 
may not exceed total budgetary resources available at 
the end of such fiscal year; 
‘‘(5) in accordance with the purchasing author-
ity provided under section 505 of the Department of 
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Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public 
Law 108–90; 6 U.S.C. 453a)— 
‘‘(A) purchase employee and student uni-
forms; and 
‘‘(B) purchase and lease passenger motor 
vehicles, including vehicles for police-type use; 
‘‘(6) provide room and board for student interns; 
and 
‘‘(7) expend funds each fiscal year to honor and 
memorialize FLETC graduates who have died in the 
line of duty. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BASIC TRAINING.—The term ‘basic training’ 
means the entry-level training required to instill in 
new Federal law enforcement personnel fundamental 
knowledge of criminal laws, law enforcement and in-
vestigative techniques, laws and rules of evidence, 
rules of criminal procedure, constitutional rights, 
search and seizure, and related issues. 
‘‘(2) DETAILED
INSTRUCTORS.—The term ‘de-
tailed instructors’ means personnel who are assigned 
to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers for 
a period of time to serve as instructors for the pur-
pose of conducting basic and advanced training. 
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‘‘(G) Government agencies with law enforce-
ment related duties. 
‘‘(7) LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.—The term 
‘law enforcement personnel’ means an individual, in-
cluding criminal investigators (commonly known as 
‘agents’) and uniformed police (commonly known as 
‘officers’), who has statutory authority to search, seize, 
make arrests, or to carry firearms. 
‘‘(8) LOCAL.—The term ‘local’ means— 
‘‘(A) of or pertaining to any county, parish, 
municipality, city, town, township, rural com-
munity, unincorporated town or village, local 
public authority, educational institution, special 
district, intrastate district, council of govern-
ments (regardless of whether the council of gov-
ernments is incorporated as a nonprofit corpora-
tion under State law), regional or interstate gov-
ernment entity, any agency or instrumentality 
of a local government, or any other political sub-
division of a State; and 
‘‘(B) an Indian tribe or authorized tribal 
organization, or in Alaska a Native village or 
Alaska Regional Native Corporation. 
‘‘(9) PARTNER ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘part-
ner organization’ means any Federal agency partici-
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pating in FLETC’s training programs under a for-
mal memorandum of understanding. 
‘‘(10) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession of the 
United States. 
‘‘(11) STUDENT INTERN.—The term ‘student in-
tern’ means any eligible baccalaureate or graduate de-
gree student participating in FLETC’s College Intern 
Program. 
‘‘(h) PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING.—No funds are 
authorized to carry out this section. This section shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise appropriated or made 
available for such purpose.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by amending the item relating to section 884 to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 884. Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 262 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3842 
[Report No. 114–343, Part I] 
A BILL 
To improve homeland security, including domestic 
preparedness and response to terrorism, by re-
forming Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ters to provide training to first responders, and 
for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 
with an amendment 
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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