This bill, introduced by Senator Thomas Tillis on January 21, 2025 and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, amends Title 18 of the U.S. Code to create or increase criminal penalties for attacks on law enforcement officers. It adds a new subsection to 18 U.S.C. 111 that imposes a mandatory prison term of not less than 20 years when a person commits the acts in subsection (a)(1) against a Federal law enforcement officer, or against a State or local officer if the offense was planned or facilitated using an instrument of interstate commerce or committed with a weapon that traveled in interstate commerce, and the act results in serious injury. The bill also adds a new section 1123, "Protection of law enforcement officers," making the murder of a Federal law enforcement officer, or of a State or local officer when there is the same interstate nexus, punishable as first-degree murder under 18 U.S.C. 1111. Finally, the bill requires the Attorney General to submit a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees within three years on prosecutions carried out because of these amendments.
No publicly available information on cost estimates or budget effects is included in the bill text. The bill does require the Attorney General to prepare and submit a report within three years.
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