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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 130 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional aggravating |
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| 6 | 6 | | factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status |
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| 7 | 7 | | of the victim. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | UCHANAN (for himself, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | F |
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| 13 | 13 | | ITZPATRICK, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. JOHNSONof |
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| 14 | 14 | | Ohio, Mr. G |
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| 15 | 15 | | RAVESof Louisiana, and Mr. POSEY) introduced the following |
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| 16 | 16 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional |
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| 19 | 19 | | aggravating factors for the imposition of the death pen- |
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| 20 | 20 | | alty based on the status of the victim. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Thin Blue Line Act’’. 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. AGGRAVATING FACTORS FOR DEATH PENALTY. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 3592(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the following: 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 130 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(17) KILLING OR TARGETING OF LAW EN -1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | FORCEMENT OFFICER .— 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(A) The defendant killed or attempted to 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | kill, in the circumstance described in subpara-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | graph (B), a person who is authorized by law— 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(i) to engage in or supervise the pre-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | vention, detention, investigation, or pros-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ecution, or the incarceration of any person 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | for any criminal violation of law; 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(ii) to apprehend, arrest, or pros-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ecute an individual for any criminal viola-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tion of law; or 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(iii) to be a firefighter or other first 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | responder. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(B) The circumstance referred to in sub-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | paragraph (A) is that the person was killed or 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | targeted— 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(i) while he or she was engaged in 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the performance of his or her official du-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ties; 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(ii) because of the performance of his 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | or her official duties; or 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(iii) because of his or her status as 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | a public official or employee.’’. 24 |
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