[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1474 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1474

To provide new authority for probation and pretrial services officers, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 13, 1995

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide new authority for probation and pretrial services officers, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NEW AUTHORITY FOR PROBATION AND PRETRIAL SERVICES OFFICERS.

    (a) Probation Officers.--Section 3603 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (8)(B);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(9) if approved by the district court, be authorized to 
        carry firearms under such rules and regulations as the Director 
        of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may 
        prescribe; and''.
    (b) Pretrial Services Officers.--Section 3154 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(13) As approved by the district court, carry firearms 
        under such rules and regulations as the Director of the 
        Administrative Office of the United States Courts may 
        prescribe.''.
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