H.R. 2076 (112th): Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012

HR 2076 RS

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]

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,

[Struck out->] SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] This Act may be cited as the ‘Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2011’. [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED MASS KILLING AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES. [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] Title 28, United States Code, is amended-- [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] (1) in section 530C(b)(1)(L)(i), by striking ‘2,000,000’ and inserting ‘$3,000,000’; [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] (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.’; [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] (3) in section 540A-- [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘Investigation of certain violent crimes;’ and inserting ‘Investigation of certain violent crimes’; [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] (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 [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] (C) in subsection (c), by adding the following new paragraph at the end: [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]

‘(4) ‘mass killings’ means three or more killings in a single incident.’; and [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] (4) in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 33, by striking the item relating to section 540A and inserting the following: [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]

‘540A. Investigation of certain violent crimes.’. [<-Struck out]

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

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

Loading...