,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #be1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,smith of ,washington 7for himself 
and ,mr4 ,reichert7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to further the mission of the  
,global ,justice ,information ,sharing  
,initiative ,advisory ,committee by     
continuing its development of policy    
recommendations and technical solutions 
on information sharing and              
interoperability1 and enhancing its     
pursuit of benefits and cost savings for
 local1 ,state1 tribal1 and ,federal    
justice agencies4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,department of ,justice ,global         
,advisory ,committee ,authorization ,act
 of #bjac4  #b4 ,global ,justice        
,information ,sharing ,initiative       
,advisory ,committee  7a7 ,definition   
,in this ,act1 the term ,committee means
 the ,global ,justice ,information      

,sharing ,initiative 7,global7 ,advisory
 ,committee established by the ,attorney
 ,general4  7b7 ,authorization          
,notwithstanding section #ad7;a77#b7 of 
the ,federal ,advisory ,committee ,act  
7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app471 the ,committee    
shall not terminate unless terminated by
 an ,act of ,congress4 ,the ,attorney   
,general is authorized to provide       
technical and financial assistance and  
support services to the ,committee to   
carry out the activities of the         
,committee1 including the activities    
described in subsection 7c74  7c7       
,activities ,in addition to any         
activities assigned to the ,committee by
 the ,attorney ,general1 the ,committee 
shall--  7#a7 gather views from agencies
 of local1 ,state1 and tribal           
governments and the ,federal ,government
 and other entities that work to support
 public safety and justice2  7#b7       
recommend to the ,attorney ,general     
measures to improve the administration  
of justice and protect the public by    

promoting practices and technologies for
 database interoperability and the      
secure sharing of justice and public    
safety information between local1       
,state1 and tribal governments and the  
,federal ,government2 and  7#c7 submit  
to ,congress an annual report regarding 
issues considered by the ,committee and 
recommendations made to the ,attorney   
,general by the ,committee4  7d7 ,sense 
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        
,congress that local1 ,state1 and tribal
 governments and other relevant entities
 should use the recommendations         
developed and disseminated by the       
,committee in accordance with this ,act 
to evaluate1 improve1 and develop       
effective strategies and technologies to
 improve public safety and information  
sharing4  7e7 ,information from ,,doj   
funding applicants  7#a7 ,in general    
,beginning on the date that is one year 
from the date of enactment of this ,act1
 the ,attorney ,general shall require   
that any applicant for a funding        

solicitation from the ,department of    
,justice for the implementation of an   
information sharing solution shall      
include within the application for such 
funding--  7,a7 how the information     
sharing solution would comply with      
applicable standards endorsed by the    
,committee2 or  7,b7 in the case that   
such information sharing solution would 
not comply with such standards1 the     
reason for such non-compliance4  7#b7   
,information not to affect award        
decisions ,information provided by an   
applicant pursuant to paragraph 7#a7    
shall not affect any decision for making
 an award to such applicant for the     
implementation of an information sharing
 solution unless the agency making such 
award specifically requires use of      
applicable endorsed standards or        
specifications as a condition for       
accepting such award4  7#c7 ,regulations
 ,the ,attorney ,general is authorized  
to issue such regulations as may be     
necessary to carry out the provisions of

 this subsection4  #c4 ,report of the   
,attorney ,general on information       
sharing between corrections agencies1   
law enforcement agencies1 and the       
interstate commission for adult offender
 supervision  7a7 ,review ,the ,attorney
 ,general1 based on input from local1   
,state1 and tribal governments through  
the ,committee and other components of  
the ,department of ,justice1 shall      
review the state of information sharing 
between corrections and law enforcement 
agencies of local1 ,state1 and tribal   
governments and of the ,federal         
,government4  7b7 ,contents ,the review 
by the ,attorney ,general under         
subsection 7a7 shall--  7#a7 identify   
policy and technical barriers to        
effective information sharing2  7#b7    
identify best practices for effective   
information sharing2 and  7#c7 assess   
ways for information sharing to improve 
the awareness and safety of law         
enforcement and corrections officials1  
including information sharing by the    

,interstate ,commission for ,adult      
,offenders ,supervision4  7c7 ,report   
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this ,act1 the ,attorney
 ,general shall submit to ,congress a   
report regarding the review under this  
section1 including a discussion of the  
recommendations of the ,committee and   
the efforts of the ,department of       
,justice to address the recommendations4