Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) in Section 7.11, Article IX of the bill (page IX-39) as follows:

(1)  In Subsection (c)(3), strike the second "and".

(2)  In Subsection (c)(4), strike the period and substitute a semicolon.

(3)  After Subsection (c)(4), insert the following:

(5)  information on the status and progress of law enforcement operations, activities, programs, and investigations targeting transnational gang and cartel activity;

(6)  a detailed analysis of spending, including any incremental costs, for operations, activities, programs, and investigations targeting transnational gang and cartel activity, including:

(A)  salaries, equipment, and capital purchases; and

(B)  any contracts related to operations, activities, programs, and investigations targeting transnational gang and cartel activity, and for each contract:

(i)  the procurement process for the contract;

(ii)  to whom the contract was awarded;

(iii)  the amount of the contract;

(iv)  if the contract was an emergency purchase under Section 2155.137, Government Code, state that fact and the reason why it was considered an emergency; and

(v)  the reason the Department of Public Safety did not or was unable to use existing resources or technology for the activity;

(7)  information on the impact of state operations, activities, programs, and investigations targeting transnational gang and cartel activity on the resources of local law enforcement authorities and the attrition of local law enforcement officers; and

(8)  recommendations on minimizing the disruption to local law enforcement authorities from state operations, activities, programs, and investigations targeting transnational gang and cartel activity.