115 HR 115 RH: Thin Blue Line Act U.S. House of Representatives 2017-05-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 69 115th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 115 [Report No. 115–116] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary May 11, 2017 Additional sponsors: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Russell, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Posey, Mr. Babin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Mast, Mr. Katko, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. Poe of Texas May 11, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 3, 2017 A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Thin Blue Line Act.

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Aggravating factors for death penalty

Section 3592(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the following: (17)

Killing or targeting of law enforcement officer

(A)The defendant killed or attempted to kill, in the circumstance described in subparagraph (B), a person who is authorized by law— (i)to engage in or supervise the prevention, detention, investigation, or prosecution, or the incarceration of any person for any criminal violation of law; (ii)to apprehend, arrest, or prosecute an individual for any criminal violation of law; or (iii)to be a firefighter or other first responder. (B)The circumstance referred to in subparagraph (A) is that the person was killed or targeted— (i)while he or she was engaged in the performance of his or her official duties; (ii)because of the performance of his or her official duties; or (iii)because of his or her status as a public official or employee..

May 11, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed