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

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part Part E— - Human Resources Management › § 413

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies in the Department that are part of the National Drug Control Program must include drug‑enforcement results when they review any employee who works, directly or indirectly, on enforcing federal, state, or local drug laws. Reviews should use objective measures as much as possible. The measures must include the employee’s contribution to drug seizures and arrests and how well the employee cooperated with or helped other staff or other agencies in counternarcotics work. National Drug Control Program Agency — agencies listed in 21 U.S.C. 1701(7) and any Department subdivision with significant counternarcotics duties, as decided by the counternarcotics officer under section 458 or that officer’s successor. Performance appraisal system — any periodic job review system, including those under chapter 43 of title 5.

Title 6, §413

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(a)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—

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

(2)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.

(b)For purposes of this section—

(1)the term “National Drug Control Program Agency” means—

(A)a National Drug Control Program Agency 11 So in original. Probably should be “agency”., as defined in section 1701(7) 22 See References in Text note below. of title 21 (as last in effect); and

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

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

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

(2)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.

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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.

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

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Title 6, §413

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