FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 117-hr-138
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2021-01-04
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: 2021-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Information Resource to Strengthen Ties with State and Local Law Enforcement Act of 2021 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>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 138 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2021 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 2021 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 2022 through 2026, 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. .