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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3514
To promote the sharing of personnel between Federal law enforcement
agencies and other public law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 18, 2001
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. HORN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and
in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To promote the sharing of personnel between Federal law
enforcement agencies and other public law enforcement
agencies, 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 ‘‘JTTF Enhancement
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCES.
(a) JTTFS REQUIRED.—The Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation shall carry out a program under
which the Director maintains, in such regions and local-
ities of the United States as the Director considers appro-
priate, task forces of law enforcement agents to combat
international terrorism (known as joint terrorism task
forces).
(b) COMPOSITION.—Each task force under the pro-
gram required by subsection (a) shall be comprised of at
least one law enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. Each such task force shall also include
such other law enforcement agents as the Director con-
siders appropriate, selected by the Director from among
those Federal, State, and local law enforcement agents
that are made available to the Director for such purposes.
(c) TRAINING.—The Director shall make available to
the law enforcement agents participating in such program
such training as the Director considers appropriate to en-
sure that such agents are fully and properly prepared to
combat international terrorism.
(d) FUNDING OF STATE AND LOCAL AGENTS.—For
each State and local law enforcement agent participating
in such program, the Director shall reimburse the agent’s
jurisdiction for the agent’s salary during the period the
agent was so participating.
(e) SENSE
OF CONGRESS
ON NUMBER
OF TASK
FORCES.—It is the sense of Congress that the Director,
in carrying out such program, should expand such pro-
gram as rapidly as feasible to include at least one task
force for each field division of the Bureau.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 3. INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF INS AGENTS ON
JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available to
carry out this section, the Attorney General shall increase
the number of law enforcement agents of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service available for participation in
the joint terrorism task force program carried out under
section 2.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 4. DETAIL PROGRAM FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
U.S.C. 403a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
‘‘SEC. 23. (a) DETAIL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law—
‘‘(1) upon request of the head of State or local
law enforcement agency, the Director of Central In-
telligence may detail any employee within Central
Intelligence Agency to that State or local law en-
forcement agency on a nonreimbursable basis; and
‘‘(2) subject to the approval of the Director of
Central Intelligence, the head of a State or local law
enforcement agency may detail any employee of that
State or local law enforcement agency to the Central
Intelligence Agency on a reimbursable basis.
‘‘(b) PERIOD OF DETAIL.—Details shall be for such
periods as are agreed to between the Director and the
head of the State or local agency.
‘‘(c) BENEFITS, ALLOWANCES, TRAVEL, INCEN-
TIVES.—An employee detailed under subsection (a) may
be authorized any benefit, allowance, travel, or incentive
otherwise provided to enhance staffing by the organization
from which the employee is detailed.
‘‘(d) APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) There are authorized to
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this section.
‘‘(2) Details under subsection (a) are subject to the
availability of appropriations for such purpose.’’.
SEC. 5. DETAIL PROGRAM FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO THE DEPART-
MENT OF JUSTICE AND ITS ELEMENTS.
(a) DETAIL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law—
(1) upon request of the head of State or local
law enforcement agency, the Attorney General may
detail any employee within the Department of Jus-
tice, or any element of the Department, to that
State or local law enforcement agency on a non-
reimbursable basis; and
(2) subject to the approval of the Attorney Gen-
eral, the head of a State or local law enforcement
agency may detail any employee of that State or
local law enforcement agency to the Department of
Justice, or any element of the Department, on a re-
imbursable basis.
(b) PERIOD OF DETAIL.—Details shall be for such
periods as are agreed to between the Attorney General and
the head of the State or local agency.
(c) BENEFITS, ALLOWANCES, TRAVEL, INCEN-
TIVES.—An employee detailed under subsection (a) may
be authorized any benefit, allowance, travel, or incentive