Bill > HR5918

This bill aims to authorize and enhance the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), a multi-agency law enforcement initiative established in 1982 to combat transnational organized crime and reduce illicit narcotics in the United States. The bill formally recognizes OCDETF's existing success, including its impressive financial returns (generating $524 million in seizures in fiscal year 2022) and its comprehensive structure involving over 500 federal prosecutors, 1,200 federal agents, and 5,000 state and local police across 9 regions and 19 strike forces. The legislation mandates that OCDETF will be structured to continue its prosecutor-led, multi-agency enforcement approach, involving additional agencies including the Departments of Treasury, Homeland Security, Labor, and State, as well as the U.S. Postal Service and State Department. The Attorney General is required to submit a comprehensive, largely unclassified report to key congressional committees within one year detailing the task forces' successes, with the report to be publicly posted online. The bill includes a sunset provision, meaning the authorization will expire on January 20, 2029, unless renewed, and emphasizes the task forces' goal of disrupting and dismantling criminal organizations through coordinated intelligence sharing and targeted investigations.

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