Title: FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Federal Information Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2017 or the FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security's Office for State and Local Law Enforcement to report annually on its activities.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2442 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2442

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report 
           on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2017

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following 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 concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report 
           on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement.

    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 ``Federal Information Resource to 
Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2017'' or 
the ``FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON OFFICE FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    Section 2006(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
607(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
        paragraph (5):
            ``(5) Annual report.--For each of fiscal years 2018 through 
        2022, the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law 
        Enforcement shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
        of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 
        activities of the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement. 
        Each such report shall include, for the fiscal year covered by 
        the report, a description of each of the following:
                    ``(A) Efforts to coordinate and share information 
                regarding Department and component agency programs with 
                State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
                    ``(B) Efforts to improve information sharing 
                through the Homeland Security Information Network by 
                appropriate component agencies of the Department and by 
                State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
                    ``(C) The status of performance metrics within the 
                Office of State and Local Law Enforcement to evaluate 
                the effectiveness of efforts to carry out 
                responsibilities set forth within the subsection.
                    ``(D) Any feedback from State, local, and tribal 
                law enforcement agencies about the Office, including 
                the mechanisms utilized to collect such feedback.
                    ``(E) Efforts to carry out all other 
                responsibilities of the Office of State and Local Law 
                Enforcement.''.
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