[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3253 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3253

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for murders 
                      of armored car crew members.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 1998

  Mr. Manton 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 penalties for murders 
                      of armored car crew members.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Private Officers Protection Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. MURDERS OF ARMORED CAR GUARDS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1123. Killings of armored car crew members
    ``(a) Whoever, in or affecting commerce, kills an armored car crew 
member shall be punished as provided in sections 1111 and 1112, and 
whoever attempts to kill an armored car guard shall be punished as 
provided in section 1113.
    ``(b) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `armored car crew member' means an 
        individual who provides protection for goods transported by an 
        armored car company; and
            ``(2) the term `armored car company' means a company--
                    ``(A) subject to regulation under subchapter I of 
                chapter 135 of title 49; and
                    ``(B) registered under chapter 139 of such title in 
                order to engage in the business of transporting and 
                protecting currency, bullion, securities, precious 
                metals, food stamps, and other articles of unusual 
                value in interstate commerce.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1123. Killings of armored car crew members.''.
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