34 U.S.C. § 41506 — United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force

submitted 20 years ago by Pub. L. 109-162 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 192 words · no verdicts yet

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The Attorney General must set up the U.S.-Mexico Border Violence Task Force in Laredo, Texas, to fight drug and gun trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border. It includes agents from ATF, ICE, the DEA, Customs and Border Protection, Texas state police, and local agencies. Congress funded it with $10,000,000 a year from 2006 through 2009.

(a) The Task Force. (1) The Attorney General must set up the U.S.-Mexico Border Violence Task Force in Laredo, Texas, to fight drug and firearms trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border, and to give expertise to border law enforcement and homeland security agencies. It must include staff from the ATF, ICE, the DEA, Customs and Border Protection, other federal agencies as needed, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and local police. (2) The Attorney General must provide funds for the ongoing administrative and technology costs of the federal, state, and local agencies taking part. (b) Funding. Congress authorized $10,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2006 through 2009, for (1) setting up and running the Task Force, and (2) investigating, catching, and prosecuting people involved in border drug and gun trafficking, violence, and kidnapping.

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(a) Task Force

(1)

The Attorney General shall establish the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force in Laredo, Texas, to combat drug and firearms trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between the United States and Mexico and to provide expertise to the law enforcement and homeland security agencies along the border between the United States and Mexico. The Task Force shall include personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Customs and Border Protection, other Federal agencies (as appropriate), the Texas Department of Public Safety, and local law enforcement agencies.

(2)

The Attorney General shall make available funds to provide for the ongoing administrative and technological costs to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies participating in the Task Force.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009, for—

(1)

the establishment and operation of the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force; and

(2)

the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of individuals engaged in drug and firearms trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between the United States and Mexico.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1106, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3093.)

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2006Enacted · Pub. L. 109-162 · 119 Stat. 3093

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