[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 97 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 97

                 To establish a rapid deployment force.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mrs. Kennelly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                           February 10, 1995

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Rangel, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Frost, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Flake, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
                      Gejdenson, and Mr. Ackerman

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
                 To establish a rapid deployment force.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rapid Deployment Strike Force Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish in the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation a unit, to be known as the Rapid 
Deployment Force, which shall be made available to assist units of 
local government in combating crime in accordance with this Act.
    (b) Assistant Director.--The Rapid Deployment Force shall be headed 
by a Deputy Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
(referred to as ``Deputy Assistant Director'').
    (c) Personnel.--
            (1) In general.--The Rapid Deployment Force shall be 
        comprised of approximately 2,500 Federal law enforcement 
        officers with training and experience in--
                    (A) investigation of violent crime, drug-related 
                crime, criminal gangs, and juvenile delinquency; and
                    (B) community action to prevent crime.
            (2) Replacement.--To the extent that the Rapid Deployment 
        Force is staffed through the transfer of personnel from other 
        entities in the Department of Justice or any other Federal 
        agency, such personnel of that entity or agency shall be 
        replaced through the hiring of additional law enforcement 
        officers.

SEC. 3. DEPLOYMENT.

    (a) In General.--On application of the Governor of a State and the 
chief executive officer of the affected local government or governments 
(or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the mayor) and upon 
finding that the occurrence of criminal activity in a particular 
jurisdiction is being exacerbated by the interstate flow of drugs, 
guns, and criminals, the Deputy Assistant Director may deploy on a 
temporary basis a unit of the Rapid Deployment Force of an appropriate 
number of law enforcement officers to the jurisdiction to assist State 
and local law enforcement agencies in the investigation of criminal 
activity. For the purposes of this Act, the term ``State'' shall be 
deemed to include the District of Columbia and any United States 
territory or possession.
    (b) Application.--An application for assistance under this section 
shall--
            (1) describe the nature of the crime problem that a local 
        jurisdiction is experiencing;
            (2) describe, in quantitative and qualitative terms, the 
        State and local law enforcement forces that are available and 
        will be made available to combat the crime problem;
            (3) demonstrate that such State and local law enforcement 
        forces have been organized and coordinated so as to make the 
        most effective use of the resources that are available to them, 
        and of the assistance of the Rapid Deployment Force, to combat 
        crime;
            (4) demonstrate a willingness to assist in providing 
        temporary housing facilities for members of the Rapid 
        Deployment Force;
            (5) delineate opportunities for training and education of 
        local law enforcement and community representatives in 
        anticrime strategies by the Rapid Deployment Force;
            (6) include a plan by which the local jurisdiction will 
        prevent a rebound in the crime level following departure of the 
        Rapid Deployment Force from the jurisdiction; and
            (7) such other information as the Deputy Assistant Director 
        may reasonably require.
    (c) Conditions of Deployment.--The Deputy Assistant Director, upon 
consultation with the Attorney General, may agree to deploy a unit of 
the Rapid Deployment Force to a State or local jurisdiction on such 
conditions as the Deputy Assistant Director considers to be 
appropriate, including a condition that more State or local law 
enforcement officers or other resources be committed to dealing with 
the crime problem. The unit shall serve under the overall control of 
the senior State or local law enforcement authority in the deployment 
area, pursuant to a clearly delineated command and operational 
deployment agreement reached prior to the deployment by the Deputy 
Assistant Director and such senior State or local authority.
    (d) Deputization.--Members of the Rapid Deployment Force who are 
deployed to a jurisdiction shall be deputized in accordance with State 
law so as to empower such officers to make arrests and participate in 
the prosecution of criminal offenses under State law.

SEC. 4. LEAVE SYSTEM.

    Notwithstanding subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United 
States Code, the Attorney General of the United States shall, after 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
establish, and administer an annual leave system applicable to the 
Federal law enforcement officers serving in the Rapid Deployment Force.

SEC. 5. LOCATION OF UNITS AND FUNCTIONS WHEN NOT DEPLOYED.

    (a) Location.--Units of the Rapid Deployment Force shall be based 
in the Nation's major regions at locations and in facilities determined 
by the Attorney General. Members of the Rapid Deployment Force shall 
receive training and education in the regional crime problems of the 
region where they are based. The Deputy Assistant Director whenever 
possible shall deploy units in the region where they are based.
    (b) Nondeployment Functions.--When not deployed pursuant to a 
deployment agreement to a locality, the Deputy Assistant Director shall 
use members of a unit to provide special training and education to 
local law enforcement agencies. To the extent Rapid Deployment Force 
units are not needed for deployment or training, members of such units 
shall be available to support ongoing regional Federal Bureau of 
Investigation efforts and programs and, as appropriate, other Federal 
law enforcement efforts, until required for deployment and training.

                                 <all>