[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4713 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4713

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the 
 Department of Homeland Security the Homeland Security Investigations 
    Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Program to coordinate 
     homeland security investigations into transnational criminal 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2021

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the 
 Department of Homeland Security the Homeland Security Investigations 
    Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Program to coordinate 
     homeland security investigations into transnational criminal 
                 organizations, 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 ``DHS Transnational Criminal 
Investigative Units Act''.

SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 
              INVESTIGATIVE UNITS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 447. TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE UNITS.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the Department a 
program, which shall be known as the `Homeland Security Investigations 
Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Program' (referred to in this 
section as `TCIU Program'). The TCIU Program shall be headed by an 
Assistant Director, who shall be appointed by the Executive Associate 
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security 
Investigations.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the TCIU Program shall be to--
            ``(1) coordinate homeland security investigations into 
        transnational criminal organizations; and
            ``(2) enhance cooperation between Homeland Security 
        Investigations and trusted and vetted foreign law enforcement 
        partners in order to identify targets, collect evidence, share 
        information, and facilitate the prosecution of transnational 
        criminal organizations both in-country and through the United 
        States judicial system.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $6,000,000 for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to carry out 
this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 446 the following new item:

``Sec. 447. Transnational criminal investigative units.''.
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