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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. PIERLUISI:H.R. 1550.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of the Congress to provide for the general welfareof the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8,Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, and to make alllaws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoexecution such power as enumerated in Article I, Section 8,Clause 18 of the Constitution.[Page H2856]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Federal Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a program within the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), respectively, to recruit individuals for authorized federal law enforcement and security positions in states that have experienced a high rate of homicides and other violent crimes; and (2) designate a federal coordinator of such program. Requires each coordinator to: (1) consult with the chief executive of, and with law enforcement agencies in, such states to determine how additional federal personnel can help; and (2) coordinate program implementation.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Federal Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a program within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to address the need to recruit, assign, and retain federal law enforcement officers in states and jurisdictions with a high rate of homicide or other violent crime; and (2) designate a federal coordinator of such program. </p> <p>Requires each coordinator to: (1) consult with states and local governments with a high rate of homicide or other violent crime to determine how additional federal law enforcement officers may assist them, and (2) coordinate program implementation.</p> <p>Directs the Attorney General to report annually on the implementation of the program as part of the report on program performance prepared pursuant to the Government Performance and Results Act.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Resources Allocation Improvement Act of 2012 - Directs the Attorney General, in allocating federal law enforcement personnel and resources, to 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 federal records of crime, including the National Uniform Crime Reports, or on the best and most current information otherwise available to the Attorney General.</p> <p>Requires the Attorney General to designate an existing official within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to: (1) develop practices and procedures to carry out such requirement, and (2) monitor compliance with those practices and procedures by DOJ.</p> <p>Directs the Attorney General to report annually on the implementation of such requirement. Requires such report to: (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 such requirement with respect to each of those states and local jurisdictions; and (3) provide a description of the methodology 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 positions.</p>]]></text>
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