§ 413. Use of counternarcotics enforcement activities in certain employee performance appraisals

Statutory text

In general

Each subdivision of the Department that is a National Drug Control Program Agency shall include as one of the criteria in its performance appraisal system, for each employee directly or indirectly involved in the enforcement of Federal, State, or local narcotics laws, the performance of that employee with respect to the enforcement of Federal, State, or local narcotics laws, relying to the greatest extent practicable on objective performance measures, including—

the contribution of that employee to seizures of narcotics and arrests of violators of Federal, State, or local narcotics laws; and

the degree to which that employee cooperated with or contributed to the efforts of other employees, either within the Department or other Federal, State, or local agencies, in counternarcotics enforcement.

Definitions

For purposes of this section—

the term “National Drug Control Program Agency” means—

a National Drug Control Program Agency 1, as defined in section 1701(7) 2 of title 21 (as last in effect); and

any subdivision of the Department that has a significant counternarcotics responsibility, as determined by—

the counternarcotics officer, appointed under section 458 of this title; or

if applicable, the counternarcotics officer’s successor in function (as determined by the Secretary); and

the term “performance appraisal system” means a system under which periodic appraisals of job performance of employees are made, whether under chapter 43 of title 5, or otherwise.

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be “agency”.
2 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2004
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–296 title VIII § 843 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 413
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 843, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7408(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3854.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 843, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7408(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3854.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 1701(7) of title 21, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(A), was redesignated section 1701(11) of title 21 by Pub. L. 115–271, title VIII, § 8216(4), Oct. 24, 2018, 132 Stat. 4117.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 843, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7408(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3854.)