[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5809. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Hassan) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1012. STIPENDS FOR TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE 
                   UNITS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Stipend Act''.
       (b) In General.--Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 890C. TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE UNITS.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall operate 
     Transnational Criminal Investigative Units within United 
     States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security 
     Investigations.
       ``(b) Composition.--Each Transnational Criminal 
     Investigative Unit shall be composed of trained foreign law 
     enforcement officials who shall collaborate with Homeland 
     Security Investigations to investigate and prosecute 
     individuals involved in transnational criminal activity.
       ``(c) Vetting Requirement.--
       ``(1) In general.--Upon entry into a Transnational Criminal 
     Investigative Unit, and at periodic intervals while serving 
     in such a unit, foreign law enforcement officials shall be 
     required to pass certain security evaluations, which may 
     include a background check, a polygraph examination, a 
     urinalysis test, or other measures that the Director of U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement determines to be 
     appropriate.
       ``(2) Report.--The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement shall submit a report to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives that describes--
       ``(A) the procedures used for vetting Transnational 
     Criminal Investigative Unit members; and
       ``(B) any additional measures that should be implemented to 
     prevent personnel in vetted units from being compromised by 
     criminal organizations.
       ``(d) Monetary Stipend.--The Director of U.S. Immigration 
     and Customs Enforcement is authorized to pay vetted members 
     of a Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit a monetary 
     stipend in an amount associated with their duties dedicated 
     to unit activities.
       ``(e) Annual Briefing.--The Director of U.S. Immigration 
     and Customs Enforcement, during the 5-year period beginning 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall provide an 
     annual unclassified briefing to the congressional committees 
     referred to in subsection (c)(2), which may include a 
     classified session, if necessary, that identifies--
       ``(1) the number of vetted members of Transnational 
     Criminal Investigative Unit in each country;
       ``(2) the amount paid in stipends to such members, 
     disaggregated by country; and
       ``(3) relevant enforcement statistics, such as arrests and 
     progress made on joint investigations, in each such 
     country.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended 
     by inserting after the item relating to section 890B the 
     following:

``Sec. 890C. Transnational Criminal Investigative Units.''.
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