A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to further protect officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes.
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act
This bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over criminal conduct involving the killing (or attempted killing) of a federal officer or employee. The United States may prosecute such conduct that occurs outside the United States.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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