3.0.0 3524 2022-02-03T05:11:03Z 2022-02-03T05:11:03Z Senate S S 2008-09-18 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-18T23:08:51Z 2008-09-18 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9035-9036) IntroReferral 2008-09-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9034-9035) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Executive reorganization Federal aid to law enforcement Government Operations and Politics Government publicity International Affairs Science, Technology, Communications Technology transfer Terrorism Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2008-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-04T22:11:49Z Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Improvements Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reassign to the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (Office). Establishes within the Office: (1) the Law Enforcement Information Sharing Resource Center to provide technical assistance relating to information sharing and intelligence; (2) the Foreign Liaison Officers Against Terrorism Program; and (3) the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program to make counterterrorism technology, equipment, and information available to local law enforcement agencies.

Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for State and Local Law Enforcement to establish a National Law Enforcement Deployment Team Program to respond to the threat or occurrence of a natural or man-made incident.

Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to make grants to states and local governments for law enforcement terrorism prevention activities.

]]> Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Improvements Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Improvements Act of 2008 Display Title Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Improvements Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3524is/xml/BILLS-110s3524is.xml 2008-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9035-9036) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.