To authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reclassify the GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers in the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) tactical patrol unit operating on the Native American Tohono O'odham Nation (commonly known as the "Shadow Wolves") as GS-1811 ICE Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents, to amend the Native American Hiring preference granted to the Department of Homeland Security in support of the Shadow Wolves program to modify the job series and title for newly hired Shadow Wolves from GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers to GS-1811 ICE HSI Special Agents, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8876.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KING of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 205, December 4, 2020, Page H6858):
  Article I Section 8 Clause 4 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2020 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8876, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8876

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

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  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ecb5a1e617429c6023c599f39556b60a3feae1fe7a8979640e30d318222d315

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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