Sec. 201. Demonstration program on Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement employment background checks
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The Secretary shall establish a demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating, in coordination with the Director, personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. As part of the demonstration program established under paragraph (1), the Secretary may carry out a background investigation, security clearance determination, or both a background investigation and a security clearance determination for an applicant for a law enforcement position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of agreement with a State or local government, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization to develop steps to expedite the process of receiving and obtaining access to information pertinent to background investigation and security clearance determinations for use in the demonstration program. The demonstration program established under paragraph
(1)shall terminate 5 years after the date of the commencement of the demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a background investigation conducted or adjudicated by the Secretary pursuant to the demonstration program established under subsection (a)(1) that results in the granting of a security clearance to an applicant for a law enforcement position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be sufficient to meet the applicable requirements of the Office of Personnel Management or other Federal agency for such investigations. Not later than 3 years after the date on which the demonstration program is established under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on the demonstration program, which shall include a description of— the demonstration program and any recommended changes or updates to the demonstration program, including whether the demonstration program should be reauthorized; the number of background investigations carried out under the demonstration program; the costs, including any cost savings, associated with the investigation and adjudication process under the demonstration program; the processing times for the investigation and adjudication processes under the demonstration program; and any other information that the Secretary determines to be relevant.