3.0.0 572 2026-07-16T21:15:09Z 2026-07-16T21:15:09Z Senate S S 2025-02-13 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/572 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2025-11-03T21:59:01Z Markup By 2025-07-30T14:00:02Z Referred To 2025-02-13T17:41:03Z Shadow Wolves Improvement Act 119 6379 HR 2025-12-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. Identical bill CRS 2025-11-03 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251. Calendars 2025-11-03 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2025-11-03 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2025-07-30 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2025-02-13 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000574 Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] Ruben Gallego D AZ N K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2025-02-13 True H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2025-02-13 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2025-02-13 True 2025-08-28T21:23:00Z S. 572, Shadow Wolves Improvement Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61713 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 30, 2025 Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration 2025-08-27T16:58:57Z Congressional oversight 2025-08-27T16:58:57Z Drug trafficking and controlled substances 2025-08-27T16:58:57Z Federal-Indian relations 2025-08-27T16:59:06Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2025-08-27T16:59:14Z Human trafficking 2025-08-27T16:58:57Z Law enforcement administration and funding 2025-08-27T16:58:57Z Law enforcement officers 2025-08-27T16:59:24Z Smuggling and trafficking 2025-08-27T16:58:57Z Immigration 2025-03-10T18:06:56Z 25 2025-11-03 Reported to Senate 2026-07-16T21:14:10Z Shadow Wolves Improvement Act

This bill allows for the revision of the federal employment classification of the Shadow Wolves, a tactical patrol unit in Homeland Security Investigations currently operating on the lands of the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border, and establishes other requirements related to the expansion of the Shadow Wolves program.

Specifically, the bill allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to noncompetitively convert certain special agents serving in the Shadow Wolves program from the excepted service to the competitive service. Competitive service positions in the federal government are subject to examinations and a statutorily defined hiring process. These agents must have served in the unit for three years to qualify for the conversion regardless of the location assigned. 

In coordination with appropriate representatives of partnering tribal governments, including the Tohono O'odham Nation, ICE must (1) specify the mission and goals of the Shadow Wolves program, and (2) update the strategy for the expansion of the program.

Additionally, ICE must (1) determine national staffing needs and required skills for the program, (2) provide current Shadow Wolves classified as officers written information about reclassifying as special agents, (3) develop a succession plan for anticipated retirements among agents in the program, and (4) develop criteria for evaluating and selecting additional tribal lands on which additional Shadow Wolves units may be located.

ICE must report to specified congressional committees regarding the implementation of this bill. 

]]> Shadow Wolves Improvement Act Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate 103 Shadow Wolves Improvement Act 2025-11-05T03:53:12Z S Senate Reported to Senate RS Display Title 45 Shadow Wolves Improvement Act 2025-11-04T12:03:14Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Shadow Wolves Improvement Act 2025-03-07T16:23:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to enhance the effectiveness of the Shadow Wolves Program, and for other purposes. 2025-03-07T16:18:20Z Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2025-11-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s572rs/xml/BILLS-119s572rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2025-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s572is/xml/BILLS-119s572is.xml 2025-11-03 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251. 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.