§413 — Title 6 Domestic Security | U.S. Code

Summary

Units of the Department that count as National Drug Control Program Agencies must make drug-enforcement work a part of job reviews for any employee who helps enforce drug laws. Reviews should use clear, objective measures when possible. They must consider at least how much the employee helped seize illegal drugs or arrest violators and how well the employee worked with others, inside the Department or with other agencies, on drug enforcement. National Drug Control Program Agency: an agency covered by federal drug-control rules or any Department part the counternarcotics officer says has major drug-fighting duties. Performance appraisal system: any program that gives regular job performance reviews.

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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