Sec. 423. Homeland security investigations national gang unit
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Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), as amended by this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: There is established within the Department a program, which shall be known as the Homeland Security Investigations National Gang Unit (referred to in this section as National Gang Unit . The National Gang Unit shall be headed by an Assistant Director, who shall be appointed by the Executive Associate Director of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations.
The purpose of the National Gang Unit shall be to— lead homeland security investigations into transnational criminal gang activity; and form partnerships with regional stakeholders to target gangs, suppress violence and prosecute criminal enterprises. The National Gang Unit shall establish and lead regionally based task force units focused on combating transnational gang activity. Such task force units shall incorporate the following: Homeland Security Investigations personnel.
School Resource Officers. State and local law enforcement. Personnel from other relevant agencies or organizations. Before placing an unaccompanied alien child with an individual, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide to the Secretary of Homeland Security any disclosed gang affiliation information the unaccompanied alien child provided to the Department of Health and Human Services, including factual information provided by employees and contractors of the Department related to patterns of violent behavior or suspected gang affiliation while under their supervision.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall share the information provided pursuant to paragraph
(1)with relevant National Gang Unit task force units. This section shall apply to any unaccompanied alien child apprehended on or after the date of the enactment of this section. There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022 to carry out this section. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 447, as added by this title, the following new item: Sec. 448. National Gang Unit. .
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