[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4038 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4038

  To provide training opportunities for Federal, State, and local law 
 enforcement agencies in intelligence analysis and dissemination, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2004

  Mr. English (for himself and Mr. Delahunt) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide training opportunities for Federal, State, and local law 
 enforcement agencies in intelligence analysis and dissemination, 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 ``National Intelligence Education and 
Training Act''.

SEC. 2. ACADEMY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE.

    (a) Academy Required.--(1) The Attorney General shall maintain an 
academy, to be known as the Academy for Law Enforcement Intelligence, 
for the training of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers 
and analysts in the analysis, dissemination, and management of 
intelligence.
    (2) The Attorney General shall carry out paragraph (1) in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator 
of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary 
of Defense, and the Director of Central Intelligence.
    (b) Curriculum.--The curriculum of the Academy shall include--
            (1) basic, intermediate, and advanced training in the 
        collection, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence;
            (2) modular courses in collection, analysis, communications 
        for intelligence, critical thinking, counter-terrorism, foreign 
        language, criminal intelligence, studies in intelligence 
        methodology, leadership and management, ethics and the law, 
        narcotics, organized crime, white-collar crime, technology, and 
        information security;
            (3) courses on the use and management of intelligence for 
        law enforcement officers, supervisors, and executives; and
            (4) may include both in-person and distance-learning 
        courses.
    (c) Location of Academy.--The Attorney General shall develop and 
administer the academy curriculum utilizing the Justice Training Center 
facilities located in Quantico, Virginia. Training shall be provided at 
that facility and at any other locations that the Attorney General 
considers appropriate.
    (d) Advisory Board on Law Enforcement Intelligence.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish an 
        advisory board to be known as the Advisory Board on Law 
        Enforcement Intelligence (hereinafter in this subsection 
        referred to as the ``Board''). The Attorney General shall, on a 
        regular basis, consult with the Board with respect to matters 
        within the duties of the Board.
            (2) Members.--The Attorney General shall appoint the 
        members of the Board from among individuals from the fields of 
        intelligence and law enforcement. The Attorney General shall 
        ensure that the Board includes members from each of the 
        following groups:
                    (A) Officers, analysts, and agents who represent 
                Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.
                    (B) Officers, analysts, and agents who represent 
                appropriate elements of the intelligence community.
                    (C) Individuals recognized for exceptional 
                expertise in academic studies on intelligence.
            (3) Terms.--The Attorney General shall determine the 
        number, terms of service, and pay and allowances of members of 
        the Board.
            (4) Duties.--The duty of the Board shall be to advise the 
        Attorney General with respect to the following matters:
                    (A) The overall operation of the Academy.
                    (B) The quality of instruction and the content of 
                curriculum of the Academy.
                    (C) The appointment of staff and the hiring of 
                contract instructors at the Academy.
                    (D) The efforts of the Academy to promote the 
                intelligence profession among undergraduate and 
                graduate students in the United States.
            (5) Meetings.--The Board shall meet not less frequently 
        than semi-annually.
            (6) Report.--(A) Not later than September 1, 2004, the 
        Board shall submit to the Attorney General a report containing 
        the recommendations of the Board with respect to establishing 
        and maintaining the highest-quality intelligence personnel 
        resources for Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
        agencies. The report shall include recommendations with respect 
        to existing intelligence training initiatives that represent 
        all levels of law enforcement agencies and professional 
        intelligence training associations and consortiums.
            (B) Not later than 30 days after the receipt of the report 
        under subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall transmit a 
        copy of the report to Congress. In transmitting the report, the 
        Attorney General may include the responses of the Attorney 
        General to any or all of the recommendations contained in that 
        report.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Amounts are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section as follows:
            (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (2) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
            (3) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM ON TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE 
              ANALYSTS.

    (a) Pilot Program Required.--(1) The Attorney General shall carry 
out a pilot program, to be known as the Law Enforcement Analyst 
Training Assistance Program, to assess the feasibility and advisability 
of providing for the preparation of selected students for availability 
for employment as intelligence analysts for the intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of law enforcement agencies in the 
United States.
    (2) The Attorney General shall model the pilot program after the 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps program of the Department of Defense.
    (b) Elements.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection 
(a), the Attorney General shall establish and maintain one or more 
cadres of students who--
            (1) participate in such training as intelligence analysts 
        as the Attorney General considers appropriate; and
            (2) upon completion of such training, are available for 
        employment as intelligence analysts under such terms and 
        conditions as the Attorney General considers appropriate.
    (c) Duration.--The Attorney General shall carry out the pilot 
program under subsection (a) during fiscal years 2004 through 2006.
    (d) Limitation on Number of Members During Fiscal Year 2004.--
During fiscal year 2004, not more than 150 students may participate in 
the pilot program under subsection (a).
    (e) Responsibility.--The Attorney General shall carry out the pilot 
program under subsection (a) through the Office of Intelligence of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    (f) Reports.--(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a 
preliminary report on the pilot program under subsection (a), including 
a description of the pilot program and the authorities to be utilized 
in carrying out the pilot program.
    (2) Not later than one year after the commencement of the pilot 
program, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on the 
pilot program. The report shall include--
            (A) a description of the activities under the pilot 
        program, including the number of students who participated in 
        the pilot program and the training provided such students under 
        the pilot program;
            (B) an assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot program 
        in meeting the purpose of the pilot program; and
            (C) any recommendations for additional legislative or 
        administrative action that the Attorney General considers 
        appropriate in light of the pilot program.
    (g) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such amounts as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006.

SEC. 4. USE OF COPS FUNDS FOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ACTIVITIES.

     Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(l) Intelligence Officer Activities.--Not less than 25 percent of 
the amounts made available to carry out this part shall be used only 
for programs, projects, and other activities to--
            ``(1) increase, through hiring or redeployment, the number 
        of State and local law enforcement officers or employees 
        involved in activities that are focused on the development of 
        intelligence for the purposes of countering terrorism, 
        countering crime, or both;
            ``(2) provide specialized training to not more than 5 
        intelligence officers per grant recipient, to enhance the 
        observational skills, intelligence-gathering skills, foreign 
        language skills, and analytical skills, for the purposes 
        referred to in paragraph (1);
            ``(3) improve coordination among Federal, State, and local 
        law enforcement officers involved in activities referred to in 
        paragraph (1); and
            ``(4) ensure that not less than 1 intelligence officer per 
        grant recipient has a security clearance of not less than `top 
        secret' level.''.
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