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US SB166

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Thom Tillis

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Establishes a minimum 20-year prison sentence for assault against federal, state, or local law enforcement officers that results in serious injury

  • Creates a new federal crime (Section 1123) for murder of law enforcement officers, punishable as first-degree murder under existing federal sentencing guidelines

  • Extends federal jurisdiction to crimes against state and local officers when the perpetrator uses instruments of interstate commerce to plan the crime or uses a weapon that traveled in interstate commerce

  • Requires the Attorney General to submit a report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees within 3 years on prosecutions conducted under the new law

Legislative Description

Justice for Fallen Law Enforcement Act

Crime and law enforcement

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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