[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4619 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4619

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an official duty 
          defense to certain section 32 and related offenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 1994

 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an official duty 
          defense to certain section 32 and related offenses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 32 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) It is a defense to a prosecution for an offense under 
subsection (b)(2) of this section (or an offense based upon such 
subsection under or by reason of section 2 or 371 of this title) that 
the defendant was an officer or employee of the United States, or of a 
non-foreign governmental entity within the United States, engaged in 
law enforcement activity authorized by law.''.

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