FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 116-hr-495
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2019-01-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Criminal justice information and records

Department of Homeland Security

Federal-Indian relations

Government information and archives

Intergovernmental relations

Law enforcement administration and funding

Performance measurement

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 411.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Information Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2017 or the FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's Office for State and Local Law Enforcement to report annually on its activities.</p>

action_date: 2019-01-29
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Federal Information Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2017 or the FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's Office for State and Local Law Enforcement to report annually on its activities.</p>

action_date: 2020-02-04
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><b>Federal Information Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of </b><b>2019 or the FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement within the Department of Homeland Security to report annually on its activities.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 495 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement.

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 . 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) Annual report For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement shall submit 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 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 such 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 the activities specified in subsection (a). (D) Any feedback from State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies regarding the Office of State and Local Law Enforcement, 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. .

Passed the House of Representatives January 29, 2019. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 495 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 11, 2019 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 A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement.

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 . 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) Annual report For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement shall submit 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 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 such 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 the activities specified in subsection (a). (D) Any feedback from State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies regarding the Office of State and Local Law Enforcement, 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. .

tv_txt: IIB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 495 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 29, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement.

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 . 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) Annual report For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement shall submit 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 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 such 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 the activities specified in subsection (a). (D) Any feedback from State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies regarding the Office of State and Local Law Enforcement, 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. .

Passed the House of Representatives January 29, 2019. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 411 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 495 [Report No. 116–213] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 29, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs February 4, 2020 Reported by Mr. Johnson , with amendments Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require an annual report on the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement.

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 2019 or the FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act . 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) Annual report For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement shall submit 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 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 such 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 for State and Local Law Enforcement to evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to carry out the activities specified in subsection (a). (D) Any feedback from State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies regarding the Office of for State and Local Law Enforcement, including the mechanisms utilized to collect such feedback. (E) Efforts to carry out all other responsibilities of the Office of for State and Local Law Enforcement. .

February 4, 2020 Reported with amendments