Supporting Law Enforcement Officers’ Ability to Combat Organized Retail Crime Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8477 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8477

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a curriculum to 
  train State, local, Tribal, territorial, and campus law enforcement 
agencies to identify, investigate, and report acts of organized retail 
                     crime, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2024

 Mr. D'Esposito (for himself and Mr. LaLota) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a curriculum to 
  train State, local, Tribal, territorial, and campus law enforcement 
agencies to identify, investigate, and report acts of organized retail 
                     crime, 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 ``Supporting Law Enforcement Officers' 
Ability to Combat Organized Retail Crime Act''.

SEC. 2. FLETC CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TO COMBAT ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME.

    (a) In General.--Section 884 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 464) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph 
                (11); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following 
                new paragraph (10):
            ``(10) in consultation with the Office for State and Local 
        Government Coordination under section 801, develop guidance, 
        outreach, trainings, programs, and materials designed to 
        educate State, local, Tribal, territorial, and campus law 
        enforcement agencies regarding the threats posed by organized 
        retail crime and how to properly identify, investigate, and 
        report instances of organized retail crime; and'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections 
        (i) and (j), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(g) Provision of Certain Trainings.--Trainings developed under 
subsection (c)(10) may be provided by the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers or another accredited academy of the Department.
    ``(h) Research and Development.--To the extent practicable, the 
Secretary, in coordination with the Director and the Under Secretary 
for Science and Technology of the Department, shall carry out research 
and development, including operational testing, of technologies and 
techniques for enhancing the security and situational awareness support 
provided by the Department to Federal, State, local, Tribal, 
territorial, and campus officials relating to efforts to combat 
organized retail crime, in accordance with applicable constitutional, 
privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections.''.
    (b) Deadline for Implementation.--Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act--
            (1) the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
        Centers of the Department of Homeland Security shall develop 
        the guidance, outreach, trainings, programs, and materials 
        required under paragraph (10) of subsection (c) of section 884 
        of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 464), as added 
        by subsection (a)(1)(C); and
            (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall carry out the 
        research and development required under subsection (h) of such 
        section, as added by subsection (a)(3).
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