H.R. 1550 – Reading Mode

IIB

112th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 1550

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

August 2, 2012

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

AN ACT

To direct the Attorney General to give priority in the allocation of Federal law enforcement personnel and resources to States and local jurisdictions that have a high incidence of homicide or other violent crime.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Resources Allocation Improvement Act of 2012.

Priority for allocation of Federal law enforcement personnel and resources

(a)

Requirement

In the allocation of Federal law enforcement personnel and resources, the Attorney General shall give priority to placing and retaining those personnel and resources in States and local jurisdictions that have a high incidence of homicide or other violent crime, based on records of crime acquired under section 534 of title 28, United States Code, including reports of crime under the system known as the National Uniform Crime Reports, or on the best and most current information otherwise available to the Attorney General.

(b)

Designation of existing Federal official

Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall designate an existing official within the Department of Justice—

(1)

to develop practices and procedures to carry out the requirement established in subsection (a); and

(2)

to monitor compliance with those practices and procedures by the bureaus, agencies, and other subdivisions of the Department.

Annual report

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of the requirement established in section 2. The report shall, for the year it covers—

(1)

specify which States and local jurisdictions have a high incidence of homicide or other violent crime;

(2)

identify the specific steps taken by the Attorney General to implement the requirement with respect to each of those States and local jurisdictions; and

(3)

provide a description of the methodology (including any changes made in that methodology) that the Attorney General has used to determine the total number of authorized Federal law enforcement positions, to allocate those authorized positions among States and local jurisdictions, and to assign personnel to fill those authorized positions.

Definitions

In this Act, the following definitions apply:

(1)

Federal Law Enforcement Personnel

The term Federal law enforcement personnel means law enforcement personnel employed by the Department of Justice, including law enforcement personnel in any of the following agencies of the Department:

(A)

The Drug Enforcement Administration.

(B)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(C)

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

(D)

The United States Marshals Service.

(2)

Local jurisdiction

The term local jurisdiction has the meaning given the term unit of local government in section 901(3) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791(3)).

(3)

State

The term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands.

Passed the House of Representatives August 1, 2012.

Karen L. Haas,

Clerk