[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3767 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3767
To amend title 18, United States Code, to create or enhance penalties
for murder and assault committed against a law enforcement officer, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 8 (legislative day, February 7), 2024
Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to create or enhance penalties
for murder and assault committed against a law enforcement officer, 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 ``Justice for Fallen Law Enforcement
Act''.
SEC. 2. CRIMES.
Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 111, by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Commission Against a Law Enforcement Officer.--Whoever
commits any act described in subsection (a)(1) against a Federal law
enforcement officer, or against a State or local law enforcement
officer if the perpetrator plans or facilitates the act with an
instrument of interstate commerce or commits the act with a weapon that
has traveled in interstate commerce, resulting in serious injury to the
law enforcement officer, shall be imprisoned not less than 20 years.'';
and
(2) in chapter 51--
(A) by inserting after section 1122 the following:
``Sec. 1123. Protection of law enforcement officers
``Whoever commits the murder of a Federal law enforcement officer,
or a State or local law enforcement officer if the perpetrator plans or
facilitates the murder with an instrument of interstate commerce or
commits the murder with a weapon that has traveled in interstate
commerce, shall be sentenced as provided under section 1111 for murder
in the first degree.''; and
(B) in the table of sections, by adding at the end
the following:
``1123. Protection of law enforcement officers.''.
SEC. 3. REPORT REQUIRED.
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives a report on prosecutions conducted as the result of the
amendments made by this Act.
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