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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2285
To require reporting regarding accreditation of basic training programs of
the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH24, 2025
Ms. P
OUintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judici-
ary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
A BILL
To require reporting regarding accreditation of basic training
programs of the Department of Homeland Security, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Basic Training 4
Accreditation Improvement Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. REPORTING ON BASIC TRAINING PROGRAMS OF 6
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 7
(a) A
NNUALREPORTING.— 8
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 1
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 2
thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 3
report to the relevant congressional committees on 4
the accreditation status for each basic training pro-5
gram within the Department of Homeland Security 6
in existence as of such date of enactment, including 7
information relating to the following: 8
(A) The date on which each such program 9
achieved initial accreditation, or in the case of 10
a program that is not currently accredited, the 11
reasons for not obtaining or maintaining ac-12
creditation, the activities, if any, taken to 13
achieve accreditation, and an anticipated 14
timeline for accreditation of such program. 15
(B) The date each such program most re-16
cently received accreditation or reaccreditation, 17
if applicable. 18
(C) Each such program’s anticipated ac-19
creditation or next reaccreditation date. 20
(D) The identification, including name, of 21
the accreditation manager for each such pro-22
gram. 23
(2) T
ERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE -24
MENT.—Annual reports under paragraph (1) shall 25
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terminate when all basic training programs of the 1
Department of Homeland Security referred to iun 2
such paragraph are accredited. 3
(b) L
APSE INACCREDITATION.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If a basic training program 5
of the Department of Homeland Security loses ac-6
creditation, the head of the relevant component of 7
the Department shall notify the Secretary of Home-8
land Security not later than 30 days after such loss. 9
(2) N
OTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 10
days after receiving a notification pursuant to para-11
graph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 12
notify the relevant congressional committees of the 13
lapse in accreditation at issue, the reason for such 14
lapse, and the activities underway and planned to re-15
gain accreditation. 16
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
(1) A
CCREDITATION.—The term ‘‘accredita-18
tion’’ means the recognition by a board that a basic 19
training program is administered, developed, and de-20
livered according to an applicable set of standards. 21
(2) A
CCREDITATION MANAGER .—The term ‘‘ac-22
creditation manager’’ means the individual assigned 23
by the component of the Department of Homeland 24
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Security to manage accreditation activities for a 1
basic training program. 2
(3) B
ASIC TRAINING PROGRAM .—The term 3
‘‘basic training program’’ means an entry level pro-4
gram of the Department of Homeland Security that 5
is transitional to law enforcement or law enforce-6
ment support, provides training on critical com-7
petencies and responsibilities, and is typically a re-8
quirement for appointment to a law enforcement or 9
law enforcement support job series. 10
(4) R
EACCREDITATION.—The term ‘‘reaccredi-11
tation’’ means the assessment of a basic training 12
program after initial accreditation to ensure the con-13
tinued compliance with an applicable set of stand-14
ards. 15
(5) R
ELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -16
TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-17
tees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 18
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 19
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 20
Security and Governmental Affairs and the Com-21
mittee of the Judiciary of the Senate. 22
SEC. 3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 23
The Under Secretary for Science and Technology of 24
the Department of Homeland Security shall carry out re-25
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search and development of systems and technologies to en-1
hance access to training offered by the Federal Law En-2
forcement Training Centers to State, local, Tribal, and 3
territorial law enforcement, with particular attention to 4
law enforcement in rural and remote communities, for the 5
purpose of enhancing domestic preparedness for and col-6
lective response to terrorism and other homeland security 7
threats. 8
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