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Union Calendar No. 391
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8801
[Report No. 117-545]
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
October 28, 2022
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on
September 13, 2022]
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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 personnel 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 for evaluating 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 for each of the
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 such Joint Task
Force.
``(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 and office.
``(vi) The number of personnel assigned on
a temporary basis to such Joint Task Force from
each component and 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''.
Union Calendar No. 391
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8801
[Report No. 117-545]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish stronger
accountability mechanisms for Joint Task Forces, and for other
purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 28, 2022
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed