3.0.0 1235 2023-01-11T19:40:37Z 2023-01-11T19:40:37Z Senate S S 2007-04-26 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-04-26T20:23:11Z Court and Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 2007 110 2325 HR 2007-06-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2007-04-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-04-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-09-18 False Crime and Law Enforcement Assault Damages Families Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Federal officials Firearms Government Operations and Politics Habeas corpus Homicide Imprisonment Judges Kidnapping Law Law enforcement officers Legal fees Mandatory sentences Murder Protection of officials State courts Violence Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-04-26 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-24T18:04:54Z Daniel Faulkner Law Enforcement Officers and Judges Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose mandatory minimum prison terms for homicide, manslaughter, and kidnapping of federal judges and law enforcement officers; (2) expand the penalties for assaulting or interfering with federal officers and employees and for assaults against federal law enforcement officers and judges; (3) impose mandatory minimum prison terms for retaliating against a federal judge or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties by murdering, kidnapping, assaulting, or threatening a family member of such judge or officer; and (4) authorize federal judges, U.S. attorneys, and Justice Department employees to carry firearms.

Places limits on the award of civil damages and attorney's fees against judicial officers for injuries incurred by an individual during the commission of a felony or crime of violence.

Amends the federal judicial code to place limits on habeas corpus petitions for review of a state court conviction for murder of a public safety officer or judge engaged in the performance of official duties.

]]> Daniel Faulkner Law Enforcement Officers and Judges Protection Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose appropriate penalties for the assault or murder of a Federal law enforcement officer or Federal judge, for the retaliatory assault or murder of a family member of a Federal law enforcement officer or Federal judge, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Daniel Faulkner Law Enforcement Officers and Judges Protection Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Daniel Faulkner Law Enforcement Officers and Judges Protection Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1235is/xml/BILLS-110s1235is.xml 2007-04-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.