[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3439 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3439

  To promote the sharing of personnel between Federal law enforcement 
   agencies and other public law enforcement agencies, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2003

Mrs. Maloney (for herself and Mr. Frost) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
   to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To promote the sharing of personnel between Federal law enforcement 
   agencies and other public law enforcement agencies, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``JTTF Enhancement Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCES.

    (a) JTTFs Required.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation shall carry out a program under which the Director 
maintains, in such regions and localities of the United States as the 
Director considers appropriate, task forces of law enforcement agents 
to combat international terrorism (known as joint terrorism task 
forces).
    (b) Composition.--Each task force under the program required by 
subsection (a) shall be comprised of at least one law enforcement agent 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Each such task force shall also 
include such other law enforcement agents as the Director considers 
appropriate, selected by the Director from among those Federal, State, 
and local law enforcement agents that are made available to the 
Director for such purposes.
    (c) Training.--The Director shall make available to the law 
enforcement agents participating in such program such training as the 
Director considers appropriate to ensure that such agents are fully and 
properly prepared to combat international terrorism.
    (d) Funding of State and Local Agents.--For each State and local 
law enforcement agent participating in such program, the Director shall 
continue to reimburse the agent's jurisdiction for the agent's overtime 
pay during the period the agent was so participating.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF IMMIGRATION AGENTS ON JOINT 
              TERRORISM TASK FORCES.

    (a) In General.--From amounts made available to carry out this 
section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase the number 
of law enforcement agents of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 
Services and available for participation in the joint terrorism task 
force program carried out under section 2.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 4. DETAIL PROGRAM FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO 
              THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

    The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403a et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

  ``detail of employees with state and local law enforcement agencies

    ``Sec. 23. (a) Detail.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law--
            ``(1) upon request of the head of State or local law 
        enforcement agency, the Director of Central Intelligence may 
        detail any employee within the Central Intelligence Agency to 
        that State or local law enforcement agency on a nonreimbursable 
        basis; and
            ``(2) subject to the approval of the Director of Central 
        Intelligence, the head of a State or local law enforcement 
        agency may detail any employee of that State or local law 
        enforcement agency to the Central Intelligence Agency on a 
        reimbursable basis.
    ``(b) Period of Detail.--Details shall be for such periods as are 
agreed to between the Director and the head of the State or local 
agency.
    ``(c) Benefits, Allowances, Travel, Incentives.--An employee 
detailed under subsection (a) may be authorized any benefit, allowance, 
travel, or incentive otherwise provided to enhance staffing by the 
organization from which the employee is detailed.
    ``(d) Appropriations.--(1) There are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(2) Details under subsection (a) are subject to the availability 
of appropriations for such purpose.''.

SEC. 5. DETAIL PROGRAM FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ITS ELEMENTS.

    (a) Detail.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) upon request of the head of State or local law 
        enforcement agency, the Attorney General may detail any 
        employee within the Department of Justice, or any element of 
        the Department, to that State or local law enforcement agency 
        on a nonreimbursable basis; and
            (2) subject to the approval of the Attorney General, the 
        head of a State or local law enforcement agency may detail any 
        employee of that State or local law enforcement agency to the 
        Department of Justice, or any element of the Department, on a 
        reimbursable basis.
    (b) Period of Detail.--Details shall be for such periods as are 
agreed to between the Attorney General and the head of the State or 
local agency.
    (c) Benefits, Allowances, Travel, Incentives.--An employee detailed 
under subsection (a) may be authorized any benefit, allowance, travel, 
or incentive otherwise provided to enhance staffing by the organization 
from which the employee is detailed.
    (d) Appropriations.--(1) There are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
    (2) Details under subsection (a) are subject to the availability of 
appropriations for such purpose.

SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT CENTER.

    (a) Expansion of Center.--From amounts made available to carry out 
this section, the Attorney General shall expand the Law Enforcement 
Support Center to ensure that all Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement agencies are able to access the Center.
    (b) Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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