H.R. 8639

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8639 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8639

To develop a scenario-based training curriculum for immigration 
officers, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 30, 2026

Mrs. Sykes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To develop a scenario-based training curriculum for immigration 
officers, 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 ``Critical Operation Oversight of Law 
Enforcement Intervention and Training Act'' or the ``COOL IT Act''.

SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING CURRICULUM.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in coordination 
with the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, 
develop a scenario-based training curriculum and certification process 
that immigration officers are required to complete annually.
(b) Curriculum.--In developing the curriculum under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
(1) develop a scenario-based training curriculum that 
addresses--
(A) improving community-police relations;
(B) officer safety;
(C) officer resilience;
(D) situational awareness;
(E) physical and emotional responses to stress;
(F) critical decision making and problem solving;
(G) de-escalation;
(H) use of force and deadly force; and
(I) crisis intervention;
(2) consult with relevant professional law enforcement 
associations, community-based organizations, and defense and 
national security agencies in the development and dissemination 
of the curriculum;
(3) provide expertise and technical assistance to 
components seeking to implement the curriculum;
(4) evaluate best practices of scenario-based training 
methods and curriculum content to maintain state-of-the-art 
expertise in scenario-based learning methodology; and
(5) develop a certification process for immigration 
officers that have successfully completed the curriculum.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 
Congress a report on--
(1) any benefits of, and barriers to, delivering the 
curriculum for immigration officers; and
(2) recommendations for improving the access of immigration 
officers to scenario-based training.
(d) Immigration Officer Defined.--In this section, the term 
``immigration officer'' means--
(1) any employee or class of employee--
(A) designated to perform the functions of an 
immigration officer within the meaning of the term 
under section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101); and
(B) designated to arrest persons under section 
287(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(a)); and
(2) any officer of a State, or any political subdivision of 
a State, performing functions of an immigration officer under 
section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)).

SEC. 3. ICE TRAINING.

Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Before performing duties to enforce the immigration laws, an 
immigration officer or employee shall be required to complete not less 
than 67 days of training.''.
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