S4004-119

In Committee

Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 5, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H4869AC78613C4143AF0BA62F160F2D42: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act.
  • Section H92002350DBBF4E53AA4F50D303F2CC82: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Established in 1982, the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces has been the centerpiece of the strategy of the...
  • Section id3f315e9f2d0846d28957f590bc4c3108: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term covered agency means— the Department of the Treasury; the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Postal...
  • Section H521F1ADC6DF34987BFD057768BABE0DA: 4. Interagency task force Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the OCDETF, and...
  • Section H544319E6B51F4BA78FBF7C59B881D9FE: 5. Sunset This Act shall have no force or effect after January 20, 2029.

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Government Operations Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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federal implementing agencies: ,
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 5, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 5, 2026

Mr. Whitehouse (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Government Operations Finance
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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