Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5918 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5918 To authorize the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces to combat transnational organized crime and to reduce the availability of illicit narcotics in the United States by using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach to enforcement, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 4, 2025 Mr. Morelle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces to combat transnational organized crime and to reduce the availability of illicit narcotics in the United States by using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach to enforcement, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Law Enforcement Task Forces Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Established in 1982, the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) has been the centerpiece of the Attorney General's strategy to combat transnational organized crime and to reduce the availability of illicit narcotics in the Nation by using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach to enforcement through concentrated, coordinated, long-term enterprise investigations of transnational organized crime, money laundering, and major drug trafficking networks. (2) OCDETF is the largest anti-crime task force in the country with its own Executive Office and its accountability for over 500 Federal prosecutors, 1,200 Federal agents, and some 5,000 State and local police. The program has 9 regions and 19 strike forces around the country to co