Title: Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's Office for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce and disseminate an annual catalog of training opportunities, programs, and services that are available to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 449 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 449

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to direct the Assistant 
     Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce and 
   disseminate an annual catalog on Department of Homeland Security 
 training, publications, programs, and services for State, local, and 
        tribal law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2019

 Mrs. Demings 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 direct the Assistant 
     Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce and 
   disseminate an annual catalog on Department of Homeland Security 
 training, publications, programs, and services for State, local, and 
        tribal law enforcement agencies, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pathways to Improving Homeland 
Security at the Local Level Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL CATALOG ON DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TRAINING, 
              PUBLICATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES FOR STATE, LOCAL, 
              AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

    Section 2006(b)(4) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
607(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(G) produce an annual catalog that summarizes 
                opportunities for training, publications, programs, and 
                services available to State, local, and Tribal law 
                enforcement agencies from the Department and from each 
                component and office within the Department and, not 
                later than 30 days after the date of each such 
                production, disseminate the catalog at issue, including 
                by--
                            ``(i) making such catalog available to 
                        State, local, and Tribal law enforcement 
                        agencies, including by posting such catalog on 
                        the website of the Department and cooperating 
                        with national organizations that represent such 
                        agencies;
                            ``(ii) making such catalog available 
                        through the Homeland Security Information 
                        Network; and
                            ``(iii) submitting such catalog to the 
                        Committee on Homeland Security and the 
                        Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
                        Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
                        Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.''.
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