[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4075 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4075
To establish a rapid deployment force.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 1994
Mrs. Kennelly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To establish a rapid deployment force.
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 ``Rapid Deployment Strike Force Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish in the
Federal Bureau of Investigation a unit, to be known as the Rapid
Deployment Force, which shall be made available to assist units of
local government in combating crime in accordance with this Act.
(b) Assistant Director.--The Rapid Deployment Force shall be headed
by a Deputy Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(referred to as ``Deputy Assistant Director'').
(c) Personnel.--
(1) In general.--The Rapid Deployment Force shall be
comprised of approximately 2,500 Federal law enforcement
officers with training and experience in--
(A) investigation of violent crime, drug-related
crime, criminal gangs, and juvenile delinquency; and
(B) community action to prevent crime.
(2) Replacement.--To the extent that the Rapid Deployment
Force is staffed through the transfer of personnel from other
entities in the Department of Justice or any other Federal
agency, such personnel of that entity or agency shall be
replaced through the hiring of additional law enforcement
officers.
SEC. 3. DEPLOYMENT.
(a) In General.--On application of the Governor of a State and the
chief executive officer of the affected local government or governments
(or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the mayor) and upon
finding that the occurrence of criminal activity in a particular
jurisdiction is being exacerbated by the interstate flow of drugs,
guns, and criminals, the Deputy Assistant Director may deploy on a
temporary basis a unit of the Rapid Deployment Force of an appropriate
number of law enforcement officers to the jurisdiction to assist State
and local law enforcement agencies in the investigation of criminal
activity. For the purposes of this Act, the term ``State'' shall be
deemed to include the District of Columbia and any United States
territory or possession.
(b) Application.--An application for assistance under this section
shall--
(1) describe the nature of the crime problem that a local
jurisdiction is experiencing;
(2) describe, in quantitative and qualitative terms, the
State and local law enforcement forces that are available and
will be made available to combat the crime problem;
(3) demonstrate that such State and local law enforcement
forces have been organized and coordinated so as to make the
most effective use of the resources that are available to them,
and of the assistance of the Rapid Deployment Force, to combat
crime;
(4) demonstrate a willingness to assist in providing
temporary housing facilities for members of the Rapid
Deployment Force;
(5) delineate opportunities for training and education of
local law enforcement and community representatives in
anticrime strategies by the Rapid Deployment Force;
(6) include a plan by which the local jurisdiction will
prevent a rebound in the crime level following departure of the
Rapid Deployment Force from the jurisdiction; and
(7) such other information as the Deputy Assistant Director
may reasonably require.
(c) Conditions of Deployment.--The Deputy Assistant Director, upon
consultation with the Attorney General, may agree to deploy a unit of
the Rapid Deployment Force to a State or local jurisdiction on such
conditions as the Deputy Assistant Director considers to be
appropriate, including a condition that more State or local law
enforcement officers or other resources be committed to dealing with
the crime problem. The unit shall serve under the overall control of
the senior State or local law enforcement authority in the deployment
area, pursuant to a clearly delineated command and operational
deployment agreement reached prior to the deployment by the Deputy
Assistant Director and such senior State or local authority.
(d) Deputization.--Members of the Rapid Deployment Force who are
deployed to a jurisdiction shall be deputized in accordance with State
law so as to empower such officers to make arrests and participate in
the prosecution of criminal offenses under State law.
SEC. 4. LEAVE SYSTEM.
Notwithstanding subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United
States Code, the Attorney General of the United States shall, after
consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
establish, and administer an annual leave system applicable to the
Federal law enforcement officers serving in the Rapid Deployment Force.
SEC. 5. LOCATION OF UNITS AND FUNCTIONS WHEN NOT DEPLOYED.
(a) Location.--Units of the Rapid Deployment Force shall be based
in the Nation's major regions at locations and in facilities determined
by the Attorney General. Members of the Rapid Deployment Force shall
receive training and education in the regional crime problems of the
region where they are based. The Deputy Assistant Director whenever
possible shall deploy units in the region where they are based.
(b) Nondeployment Functions.--When not deployed pursuant to a
deployment agreement to a locality, the Deputy Assistant Director shall
use members of a unit to provide special training and education to
local law enforcement agencies. To the extent Rapid Deployment Force
units are not needed for deployment or training, members of such units
shall be available to support ongoing regional Federal Bureau of
Investigation efforts and programs and, as appropriate, other Federal
law enforcement efforts, until required for deployment and training.
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