[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8801 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8801

   To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish stronger 
    accountability mechanisms for Joint Task Forces, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2022

 Mr. Correa (for himself, Mr. Gimenez, and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish stronger 
    accountability mechanisms for Joint Task Forces, 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 Joint Task Force Reauthorization 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. JOINT TASK FORCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

    Subsection (b) of section 708 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 348) is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (8) to read as follows:
            ``(8) Joint task force staff.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each Joint Task Force shall have 
                a staff, composed of officials from relevant components 
                and offices of the Department, to assist the Director 
                of such Joint Task Force in carrying out the mission 
                and responsibilities of such Joint Task Force.
                    ``(B) Report.--The Secretary shall include in the 
                report submitted under paragraph (6)(F)--
                            ``(i) the number of personnel permanently 
                        assigned to each Joint Task Force by each 
                        component and office; and
                            ``(ii) the number of personnel assigned on 
                        a temporary basis to each Joint Task Force by 
                        each component and office.'';
            (2) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting ``mission and'' 
                after ``Establishment of'';
                    (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) using leading practices in performance 
                management and lessons learned by other law enforcement 
                task forces and joint operations, establish--
                            ``(i) the mission, strategic goals, and 
                        objectives of each Joint Task Force;
                            ``(ii) the criteria for terminating each 
                        Joint Task Force; and
                            ``(iii) outcome-based and other appropriate 
                        performance metrics to evaluate the 
                        effectiveness of each Joint Task Force with 
                        respect to the mission, strategic goals, and 
                        objectives established pursuant to clause (i), 
                        including--
                                    ``(I) targets for each such Joint 
                                Task Force to achieve by not later than 
                                one and three years after such 
                                establishment; and
                                    ``(II) a description of the 
                                methodology used to establish such 
                                metrics;'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``date of the enactment of 
                        this section'' and insert ``date of the 
                        enactment of the DHS Joint Task Forces 
                        Reauthorization Act of 2022'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``mission, strategic 
                        goals, objectives, and'' before ``metrics''; 
                        and
                            (iii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(C) not later than one year after the date of the 
                enactment of the DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization 
                Act of 2022 and annually thereafter, submit to the 
                committees specified in subparagraph (B) a report that 
                contains information on the progress in implementing 
                the outcome-based and other appropriate performance 
                metrics established pursuant to subparagraph 
                (A)(iii).'';
            (3) in paragraph (11)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting ``or termination'' 
                after ``formation''; and
                    (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days before 
                establishing or terminating a Joint Task Force under 
                this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the 
                majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of 
                the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives, the majority leader of the House of 
                Representatives, the minority leader of the House of 
                Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
                and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
                of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
                Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
                Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
                the Senate a notification regarding such establishment 
                or termination, as the case may be. The contents of any 
                such notification shall include the following:
                            ``(i) The criteria and conditions required 
                        to establish or terminate the Joint Task Force 
                        at issue.
                            ``(ii) The primary mission, strategic 
                        goals, objectives, and plan of operations of 
                        such Joint Task Force.
                            ``(iii) If such notification is a 
                        notification of termination, information on the 
                        effectiveness of such Joint Task Force as 
                        measured by the outcome-based performance 
                        metrics and other appropriate performance 
                        metrics established pursuant to paragraph 
                        (9)(A)(iii).
                            ``(iv) The funding and resources required 
                        to establish or terminate such Joint Task 
                        Force.
                            ``(v) The number of personnel permanently 
                        assigned to such Joint Task Force from each 
                        component or office.
                            ``(vi) The number of personnel assigned on 
                        a temporary basis to such Joint Task Force from 
                        each component or office.
                            ``(vii) If such notification is a 
                        notification of establishment, the anticipated 
                        costs of establishing and operating such Joint 
                        Task Force.
                            ``(viii) If such notification is a 
                        notification of termination, funding allocated 
                        in the immediately preceding fiscal year to 
                        such Joint Task Force for--
                                    ``(I) operations notwithstanding 
                                such termination; and
                                    ``(II) activities associated with 
                                such termination.
                            ``(ix) The anticipated establishment or 
                        termination date of such Joint Task Force, as 
                        the case may be.'';
            (4) in paragraph (12)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``January 31, 2018, and 
                        January 31, 2021, the Inspector General of the 
                        Department'' and inserting ``one year after the 
                        date of the enactment of the DHS Joint Task 
                        Forces Reauthorization Act of 2022, the 
                        Comptroller General of the United States''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``an assessment of the 
                        effectiveness of the Secretary's utilization of 
                        the authority provided under this section for 
                        the purposes set forth in subsection (b)(2) as 
                        among the range of options available to the 
                        Secretary to conduct joint operations among 
                        departmental components and offices and'' 
                        before ``a review of the Joint Task Forces''; 
                        and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        striking ``reviews'' and inserting ``review''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by amending clauses (i) and (ii) to 
                        read as follows:
                            ``(i) an assessment of methodology utilized 
                        to determine whether to establish or terminate 
                        each Joint Task Force; and
                            ``(ii) an assessment of the effectiveness 
                        of oversight over each Joint Task Force with 
                        specificity regarding the Secretary's 
                        utilization of outcome-based or other 
                        appropriate performance metrics established 
                        pursuant to paragraph (9)(A)(iii) to evaluate 
                        the effectiveness of each Joint Task Force in 
                        measuring progress with respect to the mission, 
                        strategic goals, and objectives established 
                        pursuant to paragraph (9)(A)(i) of such Joint 
                        Task Force.''; and
            (5) in paragraph (13), by striking ``2022'' and inserting 
        ``2024''.
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