[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2076 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 236
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2076
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 13, 2011
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
November 17, 2011
Reported by Mr. Leahy, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Investigative Assistance
for Violent Crimes Act of 2011''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED MASS
KILLING AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Title 28, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in section 530C(b)(1)(L)(i), by striking
``2,000,000'' and inserting ``$3,000,000'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) in section 540A--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in the section heading, by striking
``Investigation of certain violent crimes;'' and
inserting ``Investigation of certain violent
crimes'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) in subsection (c), by adding the
following new paragraph at the end:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) `mass killings' means three or more killings
in a single incident.''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) in the table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 33, by striking the item relating to section 540A and
inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``540A. Investigation of certain violent crimes.''.
</DELETED>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 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--
(A) in the section heading, by striking
``Investigation of violent crimes against travelers''
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 3 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.''.
Calendar No. 236
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2076
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 17, 2011
Reported with an amendment