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WASHINGTON WATCHN A T I O N A L F R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C E W E E K L Y U P D A T E | 1 6 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 4L E G I S L A T I V E U P D A T EJIM PASCOPATRICK YOES THE VOICE OF OUR NATION'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSExecutive DirectorNational President- Subscribe to the FOP’s Weekly Update - DISAGREEMENTS OVER ADMENDENTS LIKE“4TH AMENDMENT IS NOT FOR SALE ACT”FORCES LEADERSHIP TO PULL BILL FROMCONSIDERATIONDISAGREEMENTS OVER ADMENDENTS LIKE“4TH AMENDMENT IS NOT FOR SALE ACT”FORCES LEADERSHIP TO PULL BILL FROMCONSIDERATIONFISA BILL FAILS AGAIN!FISA BILL FAILS AGAIN!

@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENational President Patrick Yoes gave various media interviews regarding H.R.82/S. 597, the “Social Security Fairness Act.” The bill, a top priority of the FOP,would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset incurrent Social Security law.LEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITYNational President Patrick Yoes attended a virtual meeting of the National LawEnforcement Memorial Fund’s Board of Directors.National President Patrick Yoes traveled to Kansas City, Missouri to attend the“Night in Blue” police ball.Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Heather J. Fong, Assistant Secretary forState and Local Law Enforcement and Senior Counselor to the Secretary for LawEnforcement at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to discuss the FOP’supcoming board meeting in California. Executive Director Jim Pasco and Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson held aconference call with their counterparts at the International Association of Chiefs ofPolice (IACP) and Nicole M. Argentieri, Acting Assistant Attorney General for theCriminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, about asset forfeiture.Subsequent to that conference call, Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with NicoleM. Argentieri, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the U.S.Department of Justice, about opportunities for her and the Department to presentinformation to FOP members about asset forfeiture.

@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICELEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITYLegislative Liaison Asa Render spoke with representatives from TransparencyInternational and the FACT Coalition to discuss upcoming legislation aimed atlimiting large-scale international and domestic money laundering.Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaisons David Tabohand Asa Render participated in a brown bag, monthly criminal justice stakeholdermeeting. Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson met with staff in the office of SenatorDebra L. Fischer (R-NE) to discuss S. 597, the “Social Security Fairness Act, “ S.546, the “Recruit and Retain Act,” and other FOP priorities.Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaison David Taboh metwith staff in the office of Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) to ask the senator tocosponsor S. 597, the “Social Security Fairness Act.”Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaison Asa Render metwith Senator John Cornyn III’s Judiciary Committee staff to discuss a path forwardon S. 2644, the “American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital EmergencyResources (SAVER) Act.”Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Keith Turney, National Director of the FOPEducation and Outreach Division, to discuss our recent letter to the FederalCommunications Commission on issues related to the 4.9 GHz band for publicsafety.

@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEWe need YOU in D.C.! The Second Session of the 118th Congress has begun and FOP priorities,including the “Social Security Fairness Act,” are poised for action. For the first time, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of law enforcement officers will bejoining forces with the nation’s oldest and largest union of professional firefighters—theInternational Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF). Rank-and-file law enforcement officers and firefighters will come together in our Nation’s capitalto highlight the important issues facing our public safety organizations. We will be talking aboutthe challenges and the needs of our memberships including recognizing the right of public safetyofficers to collectively bargain, protecting due process for officers and firefighters, and repealingthe Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO)! Click here to view the legislative briefing materials. On Tuesday, 5 March from 11am-12pm the FOP-IAFF will hold a rally on the Capitol grounds to callon Congress for immediate action on H.R. 82/S. 597, the “Social Security Fairness Act,” to repealthe WEP and GPO.Our future success and our legislative agenda depend on our ability to motivate and mobilize ourgrassroots to make sure our message gets through—which will get increasingly more difficult aswe get closer and closer to the election. Participation in this event is just a part—but an importantpart—of the FOP’s advocacy strategy. We need our members to build, strengthen, and sustain theirrelationships with their Senators and Representatives. DON’T DELAY – REGISTER TODAY!LEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITY

@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICELISTEN & SUBSCRIBE WATCH PREVIOUS EPISODESLEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITYOn the latest episode of the Blue View Podcast, National President Patrick Yoes isjoined by National FOP Chaplain, Rick Snyder, as well as Shannon Nordyke andCrystal Mai Purdy-Newland for an in-depth, conversation about why it is soimportant to plan. The Dignity Memorial Public Servants Program offers no-costtributes for career and volunteer law enforcement officers, firefighters, andemergency services personnel who fall in the line of duty. In addition to providingfuneral, cremation, and burial services, the Public Servants Program also providesextended counseling services to the grieving family.

@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEThe House considered and passed H. Res. 863 on a 214-213 vote, adopting twoarticles of impeachment against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the Secretary of the U.S.Department of Homeland Security.THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTONTHE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative J. Michael Johnson (R-LA), Speaker of the House, announced thatlegislation reauthorizing Section 702 the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,would not be considered on the floor this week after dueling amendments wereoffered in the Committee on Rules, including H.R. 4639, the “Fourth Amendment IsNot For Sale Act,” which the FOP strongly opposes. This is the second time theHouse has tried and failed to reauthorize this provision.The “Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act,” would have a profoundly negativeeffect on public safety and on the ability of law enforcement to conductinvestigations because it would cut off access to commercially available datacollected by third parties and impose a probable cause standard for this type ofinformation, meaning routine investigations will become arduous and time-consuming. This data is critical because it allows investigators to identify andpursue leads which in turn are used to gather evidence and establish probablecause for an arrest and prosecution. Without access to this type of data,investigators will not be able to “connect the dots”—to see patterns and establishlinks between the crime and the perpetrator. The legislation would also imposethese restrictions on U.S. intelligence agencies that use the data to protect ournational security.

@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEThe House Committee on Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and FederalGovernment Surveillance held a hearing, entitled “Oversight of the United StatesMarshals Service.” Ronald L. Davis, Director of the United States Marshals Service,testified.The House considered and passed H.R. 5856, the “Frederick Douglass TraffickingVictims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act,” on a 414-11 vote. The bill,which reauthorizes several programs that prevent human trafficking, wastransmitted to the Senate for further action. The House rejected, on a 195-225 vote, a rule that would provide for floorconsideration of a bill to double the cap on state and local tax deductions formarried couples earning up to $500,000.THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTONTHE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEDONATE TO THENATIONAL FOP PACDONATE TO THENATIONAL FOP PACBefore going into recess, the Senate considered and passed H.R. 815, the “NationalSecurity Act,” as amended, on a 70-29 vote. The bill, which would provide $60billion for Ukraine, $14.1 billion in security assistance for Israel, $9.2 billion inhumanitarian assistance, and $4.8 billion to support regional partners in the Indo-Pacific region in addition to other policy provisions, was transmitted to the Housefor further action. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTONTHE UNITED STATES SENATEThe Senate-passed bill also includes the text of S. 1271, the “Fentanyl Eradicationand Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act,” which the FOP helped develop.The bill would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanylsupply chain.

SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACTTOP LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIESLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ EQUITY ACTCOLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTSH.R. 132274 COSPONSORSR: 19 D: 55H.R. 82308 COSPONSORSR: 105 D: 203S. 59749 COSPONSORSR: 8 D: 41@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEH.R. 354PROTECT AND SERVE ACTNOT YET INTRODUCED IN THE SENATEH.R. 743100 COSPONSORSR: 86 D: 1435 COSPONSORSR: 35 D: 0LEOSA REFORM ACTHELPER ACTH.R. 3170109 COSPONSORSR: 33 D: 76S. 151416 COSPONSORSR: 5 D: 12MORE RESOURCES BILLS SUPPORTEDS. 14623 COSPONSORSR: 3 D: 0H.R. 353946 COSPONSORSR: 10 D: 36NOT YET INTRODUCED IN THE SENATES. 16581 COSPONSORSR: 1 D: 0

@GLFOP @FOPNATIONALNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEFOP NEWSROOMLetters: H.R. 3539 the “Public Safety Employer-Employee Act” At least 6 US states are considering tougherpenalties for killing police dogsLawmakers in at least six states are considering longer prisonsentences or bigger fines for harming or killing police dogs, andthe idea has bipartisan support despite questions about how theanimals are used and a fraught history.Letters: H.R. 2548 the “ Public Safety Concussionsand Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act” National President Patrick Yoes sent a letter to RepresentativesMcMorris Rodgers and Pallone in support of H.R. 2548, the “PublicSafety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act.” National President Patrick Yoes sent letters to 148 members ofCongress who previously cosponsored the “Public SafetyEmployer-Employee Cooperation Act” in the 116th Congress buthave not yet cosponsored the legislation as reintroduced.Two off-duty law enforcement officers in Houston took down awoman who opened fire on Sunday at Lakewood Church, one of thelargest evangelical churches in the U.S. led by televangelist JoelOsteen.Off-duty cops stop female shooter at Joel Osteen'sHouston megachurchFederal Third Circuit Court affirms New Jersey lawsviolate federal LEOSA lawsThe federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed and sided withthe NJ District Court ruling that essentially made every New Jerseylaw and regulation that barred lawful LEOSA carry by qualified lawenforcement officers unconstitutional.

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