[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 2076 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 121
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2076
[Report No. 112-186]
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory
authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of
providing investigatory assistance on request of State and local
authorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 1, 2011
Mr. Gowdy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
July 29, 2011
Additional sponsors: Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Ross of Florida, and Ms. Jackson
Lee of Texas
July 29, 2011
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
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A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory
authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of
providing investigatory assistance on request of State and local
authorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investigative Assistance for Violent
Crimes Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED MASS KILLING AND
OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES.
Title 28, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 530C(b)(1)(L)(i), by striking ``2,000,000''
and <DELETED>inserting ```$3,000,000';''</DELETED> inserting
``$3,000,000'';
(2) in section 530C(b)(4), by adding at the end the
following: ``The authority to conduct or assist in
investigations includes the authority to deploy tactical
response, command and control, and other crisis-management
assets of the Bureau, as appropriate; and any such conduct or
assistance shall be understood presumptively to be within the
scope of Federal office or employment.'';
(3) in section 540A--
<DELETED> (A) by amending the section title to read
``Investigation of certain violent crimes;''</DELETED>
(A) in the section heading, by striking
``Investigation of certain violent crimes;'' and
inserting ``Investigation of certain violent crimes'';
(B) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, in the
investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring
in venues such as schools, colleges, universities, non-
Federal office buildings, malls, and other public
places, and in the investigation of mass killings and
attempted mass killings'' after ``traveler''; and
(C) in subsection (c), by adding the following new
paragraph at the end:
``(4) `mass killings' means three or more killings in a
single incident.''; and
(4) in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter
33, by striking the item relating to section 540A and inserting
the following:
``540A. Investigation of certain violent crimes.''.
Union Calendar No. 121
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2076
[Report No. 112-186]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory
authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of
providing investigatory assistance on request of State and local
authorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 29, 2011
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed