Weekly Update & Analysis Your Premier Analysis of Federal Public Safety Policy February 8 - 12, 2021 The Brooks Bawden Moore Weekly Update and Analysis highlights the previous week’s floor and committee activities within the US Senate and House of Representatives, and this week’s congressional activities that relate to law enforcement and homeland security matters. The weekly update also lists legislation introduced the previous week, which may be of interest to the law enforcement and homeland security communities. Please let us know if you would like to know more about any of the items described in the update. Additionally, please feel free to distribute this product as you see fit. Inside This Issue: Previous Updates: Highlighted Issues 117th Congress Leadership This Week’s Hearings/Markups FY 2021 Grant Solicitations Legislation on the Floor FY 2021 Approps. Previous Hearings/Markups Overall FY 2021 Approps. Chart Previous Floor Actions FY 2020 Omnibus Introduced Legislation Weekly 2/1/21 Upcoming Events Weekly 1/25/21 About BBM Weekly 1/18/21 Sign up to Receive Updates Weekly 1/11/21 Latest News The Senate was in session this week and House Committees met for committee business. The Senate sat for the Impeachment hearing of former President Donald Trump, while the House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on cyber threats. The Senate Judiciary Committee also met to officially organize itself, and announced the schedule for the hearings and vote on the nomination of Merrick Garland to be Attorney General. The Biden Administration announced that the release of its FY 2022 budget will be delayed. It is unclear when it will be released. NEW BBM Product - Key House and Senate Leaders & Members in the 117th Congress - Key House and Senate leadership positions, along with committee assignments are in the process of being finalized, with key Senate appointments occurring this week. You can find an overview of these key appointments highlighting the committees with jurisdiction over most of policy affecting the law enforcement and homeland security communities here. IADLEST Webinars - Throughout 2021, the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, will be hosting a series of no-cost 1-hour webinars on using data to manage and deploy resources to decrease crashes, crime, and other social harms. You can find more information on these webinars here. AutoReturn - Towing management, simplified. BBM is proud to be working with AutoReturn, which offers a proven solution that addresses common challenges related to inefficient towing practices. Government agencies can leverage this technology platform to transform towing and storage operations into a safer, more efficient, transparent, and cost-effective process. This smart technology integrates with existing systems to provide automated proximity-based dispatching and real-time reporting. Customer experience is enhanced while still realizing workforce efficiencies and cost savings. Fact Sheet HERE DEADLINES EXTENDED!! Fiscal Year 2021 Department of Justice Grant Solicitations - The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs recently began to release fiscal year 2021 grant solicitations. Deadlines for many of these grants are in February and early March. You can find a list of the solicitations here. JustGrants Application Submission Webinars - DOJ’s JustGrants team is offering webinar sessions on the FY 2021 application submission process. The webinars will provide targeted assistance to potential applicants applying for DOJ funding opportunities. There are 10 webinars set to take place between February 11 and March 22. Each session will last approximately 90 minutes, and the same content will be covered in each session. You can find more information, along with registration details here. USSC Report on Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogues - The U.S. Sentencing Commission recently released a report titled, Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogues: Federal Trends and Trafficking Patterns. This report examines the relatively new and emerging problem of fentanyl and fentanyl analogue trafficking. It summarizes the commission’s related policy work and discusses the continuing policymaking efforts of Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice in this area. Finally, the publication presents data about fentanyl and fentanyl analogue offenses since 2005 and provides an in-depth analysis of the Fiscal Year 2019 fentanyl and fentanyl analogue offenses and offenders. You can read the report here. BJS Releases New Prisoner Data - The Bureau of Justice Statistics recently released the 2019 data for Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) – Prisoners. Prisoner data for the years 1978 through 2019 is available through CSAT. Users can examine prisoner data for federal or state correctional authorities. Data include counts of prison admissions and releases, as well as year-end populations by state or federal jurisdiction, persons imprisoned in private facilities and local jails, imprisonment rate, citizenship status, prison capacity, and sex. You can view the data here. NOMINATIONS DUE MONDAY!! Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery - Nominate deserving law enforcement officers who have demonstrated outstanding acts of bravery in the line of duty. Nominations for the 2020 Congressional Badge of Bravery are due Monday, 2/15. Nominees for the Congressional Badge of Bravery must have either: 1) Sustained a physical injury while engaged in the lawful duties of the individual, and performing an act characterized as bravery by the agency head who makes the nomination, and being at personal risk; or 2) Although not injured, performed an act characterized as bravery by the agency head who makes the nomination that placed the individual at risk of serious physical injury or death. You can find more information here. NOMINATIONS DUE NEXT WEEK! - Kurt Schmid Criminal Intelligence Meritorious Service Award Nominations - The Kurt Schmid Criminal Intelligence Meritorious Service Award was established to recognize law enforcement representatives and partners who have been champions for event and case deconfliction, officer safety, or other criminal intelligence meritorious service. Nominations for the award will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. (ET) Friday, February 19, 2021. Please see the nomination form below for additional information regarding the award and the nomination process. Please note that individuals or groups previously nominated for this award may be resubmitted, however, former award recipients are not eligible. If you have any questions about the award process or to nominate someone, please e-mail [email protected]. For more information, see here. CICC Five in 5 Newsletter - The most recent CICC 5 in 5 was released, and includes a webinar on BWC footage as a form of digital evidence and how agencies are leveraging and managing large volumes of digital evidence media being generated by BWCs, a webinar examining the importance of multidisciplinary team case coordination evidence corroboration in the investigation of child abuse cases, and an NIJ publication discussing cold case investigations and how to better resolve and prioritize cases. You can view the CICC Five in 5 here. February RISS Insider - The latest RISS Insider is now available, and features an overview of the RISS Technology Support Center. The RTSC is RISS’s nationwide information systems component. The RTSC staff are experts in software engineering and development, cloud technologies, identity management, encrypted virtual private network connections, and data and identity information exchange standards. You can view the RISS Insider (February 2021 Issue) here. +RISS Equals Results - The latest edition of +RISS Equals Results is now available and features the use of RMIN RISSafe Watch Center officer safety deconfliction during a drug investigation prior to initiating a search warrant. Deconfliction is a key tool to keep officers safe. As a result of the deconfliction, the agencies involved in this case successfully served the warrant leading to multiple arrests. You can read the latest +RISS Equals Results here. Biden Cabinet / Top Staff Picks - President-Elect Biden has made a handful of Cabinet and high-level staff picks affecting national security. Below you can find his latest selections. Below is the status of those selections. Additionally, you can find a complete list of the Acting leaders of the various components of the Department of Homeland Security here. You can also find a list of Acting heads of various of Departments here. Biden Cabinet and High Ranking Staff Picks (As of 2/5/21) Position Name Hearing Date Confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas 1/19/2021 2/2/2021 FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell Attorney General Merrick Garland Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines 1/19/2021 1/20/2021 Secretary of State Antony Blinken 1/19/2021 1/26/2021 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin 1/19/2021 1/22/2021 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen 1/19/2021 1/25/2021 Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack 2/2/2021 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge 1/28/2021 Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough 1/27/2021 Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg 1/21/2021 2/2/2021 Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm 1/27/2021 Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Labor Secretary Marty Walsh 2/4/2021 Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo 1/26/2021 Education