Title: To authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reclassify the GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers in the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) tactical patrol unit operating on the Native American Tohono O'odham Nation (commonly known as the "Shadow Wolves") as GS-1811 ICE Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents, to amend the Native American Hiring preference granted to the Department of Homeland Security in support of the Shadow Wolves program to modify the job series and title for newly hired Shadow Wolves from GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers to GS-1811 ICE HSI Special Agents, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
This bill authorizes the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reclassify the Shadow Wolves as special agents. (The Shadow Wolves are a tactical patrol unit based in the Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona.)

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8876 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8876

 To authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
    to reclassify the GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers in the Homeland 
  Security Investigations (HSI) tactical patrol unit operating on the 
 Native American Tohono O'odham Nation (commonly known as the ``Shadow 
   Wolves'') as GS-1811 ICE Homeland Security Investigations Special 
 Agents, to amend the Native American Hiring preference granted to the 
Department of Homeland Security in support of the Shadow Wolves program 
 to modify the job series and title for newly hired Shadow Wolves from 
 GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers to GS-1811 ICE HSI Special Agents, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2020

 Mr. King of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
    to reclassify the GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers in the Homeland 
  Security Investigations (HSI) tactical patrol unit operating on the 
 Native American Tohono O'odham Nation (commonly known as the ``Shadow 
   Wolves'') as GS-1811 ICE Homeland Security Investigations Special 
 Agents, to amend the Native American Hiring preference granted to the 
Department of Homeland Security in support of the Shadow Wolves program 
 to modify the job series and title for newly hired Shadow Wolves from 
 GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers to GS-1811 ICE HSI 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. RECLASSIFICATION OF SHADOW WOLVES AS SPECIAL AGENTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is authorized to do as follows:
            (1) Reclassify the GS-1801 ICE Tactical Agents assigned to 
        the Homeland Security Investigations tactical patrol unit 
        operating on the Native American Tohono O'odham Nation 
        (commonly known as ``Shadow Wolves''), as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, as GS-1811 ICE Homeland Security 
        Investigations Special Agents, upon request and contingent upon 
        the agent's successful completion of the Federal Law 
        Enforcement Training Centers Criminal Investigator Training 
        Program and either Customs Basic Enforcement School (for those 
        hired prior to March 2003) or ICE Special Agent Training (for 
        those hired after March 2003).
            (2) Allow GS-1801 ICE tactical officers who, as of the date 
        of enactment of this Act, have not completed the basic training 
        for the GS-1811 job series within Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations the opportunity 
        to complete the training, upon request, and at agency expense. 
        Upon successful completion of the training requirement, the 
        Director may reclassify them as GS-1811 Special Agents, upon 
        request.

SEC. 2. HIRING AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
              IN SUPPORT OF THE SHADOW WOLVES PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult with the Office of 
Personnel Management to amend the Native American Preference granted to 
the Department of Homeland Security in support of the Shadow Wolves 
hiring authority, to enable the hiring of future Shadow Wolves into the 
1811 job series, and allow for the conversion to a career-conditional 
1811 position upon satisfactory completion of a probationary period, 
consistent with section 1.
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