Defense Law Enforcement Officer Credential Act of 2022

Defense Law Enforcement Officer Credential Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that each military department develops a standardized identification credential for DOD law enforcement officers and issues such credentials at no cost to the officers. DOD must ensure that any issued common access card clearly identifies the officer as a DOD law enforcement officer.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9529 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9529

    To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide for standardized 
credentials for law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2022

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide for standardized 
credentials for law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense, 
                        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 ``Defense Law Enforcement Officer 
Credential Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. STANDARDIZED CREDENTIALS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) Standardized Credentials Required.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that--
            (1) the Secretary of each military department develops 
        standardized credentials for Defense law enforcement officers 
        under their respective authority;
            (2) the Secretary of each military department issues such 
        credential to each such officer at no cost to such officer; and
            (3) any Department of Defense common access card issued to 
        such an officer clearly identifies the officer as a Defense law 
        enforcement officer.
    (b) Defense Law Enforcement Officer Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``Defense law enforcement officer'' means a member of the Armed 
Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense who--
            (1) is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the 
        prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the 
        incarceration of any person for, any violation of law;
            (2) has statutory powers of arrest or apprehension under 
        section 807(b) of title 10, United States Code (article 7(b) of 
        the Uniform Code of Military Justice); and
            (3) is authorized by the Department to carry a firearm.
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