3.0.0 1562 2023-01-11T13:22:17Z 2023-01-11T13:22:17Z Senate S S 2011-09-15 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-09-15T19:00:30Z State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 112 498 HR 2011-02-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy . Identical bill CRS 2011-09-15 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-09-15 True Government Operations and Politics Criminal procedure and sentencing Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Law enforcement officers Political advertising State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-28T15:40:42Z State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Hatch Act to: (1) allow state and local law enforcement officers to be candidates for the office of sheriff; and (2) allow sheriffs to engage in campaign activities by attending or speaking at political campaign rallies or events, holding or sponsoring political fundraisers, or appearing on political advertisements.

Establishes a limitation period of six months after the later of the date of the alleged violation or the date of enactment of this Act for presenting charges against a law enforcement officer for Hatch Act violations.

]]> State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 Display Title State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 1502 of title 5, United States Code, to permit law enforcement officers to be candidates for sheriff, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1562is/xml/BILLS-112s1562is.xml 2011-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.