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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3079 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | MAY5, 2023 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. B |
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| 9 | 9 | | ACON(for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. CARL, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. |
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| 10 | 10 | | L |
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| 11 | 11 | | ATTA, Mr. BARR, Mr. AMODEI, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JOHN- |
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| 12 | 12 | | SONof Ohio, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | D’E |
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| 14 | 14 | | SPOSITO, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. LALOTA, and Mr. HUDSON) introduced |
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| 15 | 15 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Back the Blue Act 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) K |
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| 25 | 25 | | ILLING OFLAWENFORCEMENTOFFICERS.— 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) O |
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| 27 | 27 | | FFENSE.—Chapter 51 of title 18, United 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | following: 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘§ 1123. Killing of law enforcement officers 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(a) D |
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| 35 | 35 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section— 2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(1) the terms ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and ‘United States judge’ have the meanings given 4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | those terms in section 115; 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) the term ‘federally funded public safety of-6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ficer’ means a public safety officer or judicial officer 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | for a public agency that— 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(A) receives Federal financial assistance; 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | and 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(B) is an agency of an entity that is a 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | State of the United States, the District of Co-12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | lands, or any territory or possession of the 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | United States, an Indian tribe, or a unit of 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | local government of that entity; 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(3) the term ‘firefighter’ includes an individual 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | serving as an official recognized or designated mem-20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ber of a legally organized volunteer fire department 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and an officially recognized or designated public em-22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ployee member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(4) the term ‘judicial officer’ means a judge or 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | other officer or employee of a court, including pros-25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ecutors, court security, pretrial services officers, 26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | court reporters, and corrections, probation, and pa-1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | role officers; 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(5) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ means 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | an individual, with statutory arrest powers, involved 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | in crime or juvenile delinquency control or reduction 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | or enforcement of the laws; 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(6) the term ‘public agency’ includes a court 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | system, the National Guard of a State to the extent 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | the personnel of that National Guard are not in 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Federal service, and the defense forces of a State 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | authorized by section 109 of title 32; and 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(7) the term ‘public safety officer’ means an 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | individual serving a public agency in an official ca-13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | pacity, as a law enforcement officer, as a firefighter, 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | as a chaplain, or as a member of a rescue squad or 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ambulance crew. 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(b) O |
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| 80 | 80 | | FFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for any person 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | to— 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(1) commit, or attempt to or conspire to com-19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | mit, murder (within the meaning of section 1111(a)) 20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | or manslaughter (within the meaning of section 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | 1112(a)) against— 22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(A) a United States judge; 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(B) a Federal law enforcement officer; or 24 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(C) a federally funded public safety offi-1 |
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| 92 | 92 | | cer while that officer is engaged in official du-2 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ties, or on account of the performance of offi-3 |
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| 94 | 94 | | cial duties; or 4 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(2) commit, or attempt to or conspire to com-5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | mit, murder (within the meaning of section 1111(a)) 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | or manslaughter (within the meaning of section 7 |
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| 98 | 98 | | 1112(a)) against a former United States judge, Fed-8 |
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| 99 | 99 | | eral law enforcement officer, or federally funded 9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | public safety officer on account of the past perform-10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ance of official duties. 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(c) P |
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| 103 | 103 | | ENALTY.—Any person that violates subsection 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (b) shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not 13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | less than 10 years or for life, or, if death results, shall 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | be sentenced to not less than 30 years and not more than 15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | life, or may be punished by death.’’. 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (2) T |
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| 109 | 109 | | ABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 17 |
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| 110 | 110 | | for chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is 18 |
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| 111 | 111 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 19 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘1123. Killing of law enforcement officers.’’. |
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| 113 | 113 | | (b) ASSAULT OFLAWENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.— 20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (1) O |
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| 115 | 115 | | FFENSE.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United 21 |
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| 116 | 116 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | following: 23 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘§ 120. Assaults of law enforcement officers 1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(a) D |
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| 123 | 123 | | EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘feder-2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ally funded State or local law enforcement officer’ means 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | an individual involved in crime and juvenile delinquency 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | control or reduction, or enforcement of the laws (including 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | a police, corrections, probation, or parole officer) who 6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | works for a public agency (that receives Federal financial 7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | assistance) of a State of the United States or the District 8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | of Columbia. 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(b) O |
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| 132 | 132 | | FFENSE.—It shall be unlawful to assault a fed-10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | erally funded State or local law enforcement officer while 11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | engaged in or on account of the performance of official 12 |
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| 135 | 135 | | duties, or assaults any person who formerly served as a 13 |
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| 136 | 136 | | federally funded State or local law enforcement officer on 14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | account of the performance of such person’s official duties 15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | during such service, or because of the actual or perceived 16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | status of the person as a federally funded State or local 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | law enforcement officer. 18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ‘‘(c) P |
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| 142 | 142 | | ENALTY.—Any person that violates subsection 19 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (b) shall be subject to a fine under this title and— 20 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ‘‘(1) if the assault resulted in bodily injury (as 21 |
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| 145 | 145 | | defined in section 1365), shall be imprisoned not less 22 |
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| 146 | 146 | | than 2 years and not more than 10 years; 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(2) if the assault resulted in substantial bodily 24 |
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| 148 | 148 | | injury (as defined in section 113), shall be impris-25 |
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| 152 | 152 | | oned not less than 5 years and not more than 20 1 |
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| 153 | 153 | | years; 2 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(3) if the assault resulted in serious bodily in-3 |
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| 155 | 155 | | jury (as defined in section 1365), shall be impris-4 |
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| 156 | 156 | | oned for not less than 10 years; 5 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(4) if a deadly or dangerous weapon was used 6 |
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| 158 | 158 | | during and in relation to the assault, shall be im-7 |
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| 159 | 159 | | prisoned for not less than 20 years; and 8 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ‘‘(5) shall be imprisoned for not more than 1 9 |
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| 161 | 161 | | year in any other case. 10 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(d) C |
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| 163 | 163 | | ERTIFICATIONREQUIREMENT.— 11 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 165 | 165 | | N GENERAL.—No prosecution of any of-12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | fense described in this section may be undertaken by 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | the United States, except under the certification in 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | writing of the Attorney General, or a designee, 15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | that— 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(A) the State does not have jurisdiction; 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(B) the State has requested that the Fed-18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | eral Government assume jurisdiction; 19 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(C) the verdict or sentence obtained pur-20 |
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| 174 | 174 | | suant to State charges left demonstratively 21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | unvindicated the Federal interest in eradicating 22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | bias-motivated violence; or 23 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(D) a prosecution by the United States is 1 |
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| 181 | 181 | | in the public interest and necessary to secure 2 |
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| 182 | 182 | | substantial justice. 3 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 184 | 184 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | this subsection shall be construed to limit the au-5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | thority of Federal officers, or a Federal grand jury, 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | to investigate possible violations of this section. 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(e) S |
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| 189 | 189 | | TATUTE OFLIMITATIONS.— 8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(1) O |
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| 191 | 191 | | FFENSES NOT RESULTING IN DEATH .— 9 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall 10 |
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| 193 | 193 | | be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense 11 |
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| 194 | 194 | | under this section unless the indictment for such of-12 |
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| 195 | 195 | | fense is found, or the information for such offense 13 |
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| 196 | 196 | | is instituted, not later than 7 years after the date 14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | on which the offense was committed. 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(2) O |
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| 199 | 199 | | FFENSES RESULTING IN DEATH .—An in-16 |
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| 200 | 200 | | dictment or information alleging that an offense 17 |
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| 201 | 201 | | under this section resulted in death may be found or 18 |
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| 202 | 202 | | instituted at any time without limitation.’’. 19 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (2) T |
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| 204 | 204 | | ABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 20 |
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| 205 | 205 | | for chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is 21 |
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| 206 | 206 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 22 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘120. Assualts of law enforcement officers.’’. |
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| 208 | 208 | | (c) FLIGHTTOAVOIDPROSECUTION FOR KILLING 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | AWENFORCEMENTOFFICIALS.— 24 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (1) OFFENSE.—Chapter 49 of title 18, United 1 |
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| 215 | 215 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 2 |
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| 216 | 216 | | following: 3 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘§ 1075. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing law 4 |
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| 218 | 218 | | enforcement officials 5 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(a) O |
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| 220 | 220 | | FFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for any person 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | to move or travel in interstate or foreign commerce with 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | intent to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement 8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | after conviction, under the laws of the place from which 9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | the person flees or under section 1114 or 1123, for a crime 10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | consisting of the killing, an attempted killing, or a con-11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | spiracy to kill a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement 12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | officer (as those terms are defined in section 115), or a 13 |
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| 228 | 228 | | federally funded public safety officer (as that term is de-14 |
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| 229 | 229 | | fined in section 1123). 15 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 231 | 231 | | ENALTY.—Any person that violates subsection 16 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (a) shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not 17 |
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| 233 | 233 | | less than 10 years, in addition to any other term of impris-18 |
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| 234 | 234 | | onment for any other offense relating to the conduct de-19 |
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| 235 | 235 | | scribed in subsection (a).’’. 20 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (2) T |
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| 237 | 237 | | ABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 21 |
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| 238 | 238 | | for chapter 49 of title 18, United States Code, is 22 |
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| 239 | 239 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 23 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ‘‘1075. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing law enforcement officials.’’. |
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| 244 | 244 | | SEC. 3. SPECIFIC AGGRAVATING FACTOR FOR FEDERAL 1 |
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| 245 | 245 | | DEATH PENALTY KILLING OF LAW ENFORCE-2 |
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| 246 | 246 | | MENT OFFICER. 3 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (a) A |
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| 248 | 248 | | GGRAVATINGFACTORS FORHOMICIDE.—Sec-4 |
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| 249 | 249 | | tion 3592(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 5 |
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| 250 | 250 | | by inserting after paragraph (16) the following: 6 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ‘‘(17) K |
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| 252 | 252 | | ILLING OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI -7 |
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| 253 | 253 | | CER, PROSECUTOR, JUDGE, OR FIRST RESPONDER.— 8 |
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| 254 | 254 | | The defendant killed or attempted to kill a person 9 |
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| 255 | 255 | | who is authorized by law— 10 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ‘‘(A) to engage in or supervise the preven-11 |
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| 257 | 257 | | tion, detention, or investigation of any criminal 12 |
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| 258 | 258 | | violation of law; 13 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ‘‘(B) to arrest, prosecute, or adjudicate an 14 |
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| 260 | 260 | | individual for any criminal violation of law; or 15 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ‘‘(C) to be a firefighter or other first re-16 |
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| 262 | 262 | | sponder.’’. 17 |
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| 263 | 263 | | SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON FEDERAL HABEAS RELIEF FOR 18 |
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| 264 | 264 | | MURDERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 19 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (a) J |
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| 266 | 266 | | USTICE FORLAWENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 20 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ANDTHEIRFAMILIES.— 21 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (1) I |
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| 269 | 269 | | N GENERAL.—Section 2254 of title 28, 22 |
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| 270 | 270 | | United States Code, is amended by adding at the 23 |
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| 271 | 271 | | end the following: 24 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘(j)(1) For an application for a writ of habeas corpus 25 |
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| 273 | 273 | | on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment 26 |
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| 277 | 277 | | of a State court for a crime that involved the killing of 1 |
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| 278 | 278 | | a public safety officer (as that term is defined in section 2 |
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| 279 | 279 | | 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 3 |
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| 280 | 280 | | Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b)) or judge, while 4 |
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| 281 | 281 | | the public safety officer or judge was engaged in the per-5 |
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| 282 | 282 | | formance of official duties, or on account of the perform-6 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ance of official duties by or status as a public safety officer 7 |
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| 284 | 284 | | or judge of the public safety officer or judge— 8 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ‘‘(A) the application shall be subject to the time 9 |
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| 286 | 286 | | limitations and other requirements under sections 10 |
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| 287 | 287 | | 2263, 2264, and 2266; and 11 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ‘‘(B) the court shall not consider claims relating 12 |
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| 289 | 289 | | to sentencing that were adjudicated in a State court. 13 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ‘‘(2) Sections 2251, 2262, and 2101 are the exclusive 14 |
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| 291 | 291 | | sources of authority for Federal courts to stay a sentence 15 |
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| 292 | 292 | | of death entered by a State court in a case described in 16 |
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| 293 | 293 | | paragraph (1).’’. 17 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (2) R |
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| 295 | 295 | | ULES.—Rule 11 of the Rules Governing 18 |
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| 296 | 296 | | Section 2254 Cases in the United States District 19 |
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| 297 | 297 | | Courts is amended by adding at the end the fol-20 |
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| 298 | 298 | | lowing: ‘‘Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil 21 |
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| 299 | 299 | | Procedure shall not apply to a proceeding under 22 |
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| 300 | 300 | | these rules in a case that is described in section 23 |
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| 301 | 301 | | 2254(j) of title 28, United States Code.’’. 24 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (3) FINALITY OF DETERMINATION .—Section 1 |
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| 306 | 306 | | 2244(b)(3)(E) of title 28, United States Code, is 2 |
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| 307 | 307 | | amended by striking ‘‘the subject of a petition’’ and 3 |
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| 308 | 308 | | all that follows and inserting: ‘‘reheard in the court 4 |
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| 309 | 309 | | of appeals or reviewed by writ of certiorari.’’. 5 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (4) E |
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| 311 | 311 | | FFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY .— 6 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (A) I |
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| 313 | 313 | | N GENERAL.—This paragraph and the 7 |
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| 314 | 314 | | amendments made by this paragraph shall 8 |
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| 315 | 315 | | apply to any case pending on or after the date 9 |
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| 316 | 316 | | of enactment of this Act. 10 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (B) T |
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| 318 | 318 | | IME LIMITS.—In a case pending on 11 |
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| 319 | 319 | | the date of enactment of this Act, if the amend-12 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ments made by this paragraph impose a time 13 |
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| 321 | 321 | | limit for taking certain action, the period of 14 |
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| 322 | 322 | | which began before the date of enactment of 15 |
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| 323 | 323 | | this Act, the period of such time limit shall 16 |
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| 324 | 324 | | begin on the date of enactment of this Act. 17 |
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| 326 | 326 | | XCEPTION.—The amendments made 18 |
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| 327 | 327 | | by this paragraph shall not bar consideration 19 |
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| 328 | 328 | | under section 2266(b)(3)(B) of title 28, United 20 |
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| 329 | 329 | | States Code, of an amendment to an application 21 |
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| 330 | 330 | | for a writ of habeas corpus that is pending on 22 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ment to the petition was adjudicated by the 24 |
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| 337 | 337 | | SEC. 5. SELF-DEFENSE RIGHTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 1 |
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| 338 | 338 | | OFFICERS. 2 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (a) I |
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| 340 | 340 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 203 of title 18, United 3 |
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| 341 | 341 | | States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3053 4 |
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| 342 | 342 | | the following: 5 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ‘‘§ 3054. Authority of law enforcement officers to 6 |
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| 344 | 344 | | carry firearms 7 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ‘‘Any sworn officer, agent, or employee of the United 8 |
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| 346 | 346 | | States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof, who is 9 |
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| 347 | 347 | | authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, 10 |
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| 348 | 348 | | detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 11 |
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| 349 | 349 | | law, or to supervise or secure the safety of incarcerated 12 |
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| 350 | 350 | | inmates, may carry firearms if authorized by law to do 13 |
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| 351 | 351 | | so. Such authority to carry firearms, with respect to the 14 |
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| 352 | 352 | | lawful performance of the official duties of a sworn officer, 15 |
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| 353 | 353 | | agent, or employee of a State or a political subdivision 16 |
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| 354 | 354 | | thereof, shall include possession incident to depositing a 17 |
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| 355 | 355 | | firearm within a secure firearms storage area for use by 18 |
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| 356 | 356 | | all persons who are authorized to carry a firearm within 19 |
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| 357 | 357 | | any building or structure classified as a Federal facility 20 |
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| 358 | 358 | | or Federal court facility, as those terms are defined under 21 |
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| 359 | 359 | | section 930, and any grounds appurtenant to such a facil-22 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ity.’’. 23 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (b) C |
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| 362 | 362 | | ARRYING OFCONCEALEDFIREARMS BYQUALI-24 |
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| 363 | 363 | | FIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Section 25 |
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| 367 | 367 | | 926B(e)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 1 |
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| 368 | 368 | | by inserting ‘‘any magazine and’’ after ‘‘includes’’. 2 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (c) C |
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| 370 | 370 | | ARRYING OFCONCEALEDFIREARMS BYQUALI-3 |
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| 371 | 371 | | FIEDRETIREDLAWENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Section 4 |
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| 372 | 372 | | 926C(e)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 5 |
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| 373 | 373 | | by inserting ‘‘any magazine and’’ after ‘‘includes’’. 6 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (d) S |
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| 375 | 375 | | CHOOLZONES.—Section 922(q)(2)(B)(vi) of 7 |
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| 376 | 376 | | title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 8 |
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| 377 | 377 | | a qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in section 9 |
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| 378 | 378 | | 926B(c))’’ before the semicolon. 10 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (e) R |
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| 380 | 380 | | EGULATIONSREQUIRED.—Not later than 60 11 |
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| 381 | 381 | | days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 12 |
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| 382 | 382 | | General shall promulgate regulations allowing persons de-13 |
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| 383 | 383 | | scribed in section 3054 of title 18, United States Code, 14 |
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| 384 | 384 | | to possess firearms in a manner described by that section. 15 |
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| 385 | 385 | | With respect to Federal justices, judges, bankruptcy 16 |
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| 386 | 386 | | judges, and magistrate judges, such regulations shall be 17 |
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| 387 | 387 | | prescribed after consultation with the Judicial Conference 18 |
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| 388 | 388 | | of the United States. 19 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (f) T |
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| 390 | 390 | | ABLE OFSECTIONS.—The table of sections for 20 |
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| 391 | 391 | | chapter 203 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 21 |
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| 392 | 392 | | by inserting after the item relating to section 3053 the 22 |
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| 393 | 393 | | following: 23 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ‘‘3054. Authority of law enforcement officers to carry firearms.’’. |
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| 395 | 395 | | (g) FURTHERAMENDMENT.—Section 930 of title 18, 24 |
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| 396 | 396 | | United States Code, is amended— 25 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (1) in subsection (d)— 1 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 2 |
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| 402 | 402 | | the end; 3 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-4 |
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| 404 | 404 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 5 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 6 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ‘‘(4) the possession of a firearm or ammunition 7 |
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| 407 | 407 | | in a Facility Security Level I or II civilian public ac-8 |
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| 408 | 408 | | cess facility by a qualified law enforcement officer 9 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (as defined in section 926B(c)) or a qualified retired 10 |
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| 410 | 410 | | law enforcement officer (as defined in section 11 |
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| 411 | 411 | | 926C(c)).’’; and 12 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 13 |
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| 413 | 413 | | following: 14 |
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| 414 | 414 | | ‘‘(4) The term ‘Facility Security Level’ means 15 |
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| 415 | 415 | | a security risk assessment level assigned to a Fed-16 |
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| 416 | 416 | | eral facility by the security agency of the facility in 17 |
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| 417 | 417 | | accordance with the biannually issued Interagency 18 |
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| 418 | 418 | | Security Committee Standard. 19 |
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| 419 | 419 | | ‘‘(5) The term ‘civilian public access facility’ 20 |
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| 420 | 420 | | means a facility open to the general public.’’. 21 |
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