[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2404 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2404

To amend chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any 
 Federal law enforcement officer who is convicted of a felony shall be 
                      terminated from employment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 12, 2000

 Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any 
 Federal law enforcement officer who is convicted of a felony shall be 
                      terminated from employment.

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

SECTION 1. MANDATORY TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONVICTED OF FELONIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding after subchapter V the following:

``Subchapter VI--Mandatory Termination of Employment of Law Enforcement 
                                Officers

``Sec. 7551. Mandatory termination of employment of law enforcement 
              officers convicted of felonies
    ``(a) In this section, the term--
            ``(1) `conviction date' means the date on which a 
        conviction of a felony is entered by a Federal or State court, 
        regardless of whether that conviction is appealed or is subject 
        to appeal; and
            ``(2) `Federal law enforcement officer' has the meaning 
        given that term under section 115(c)(1) of title 18.
    ``(b) Any Federal law enforcement officer who is convicted of a 
felony shall be terminated from employment on the last day of the first 
applicable pay period following the conviction date.
    ``(c) This section does not prohibit the termination of employment 
before a conviction date.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 7543 the following:

``SUBCHAPTER VI--MANDATORY TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
                                OFFICERS

``7551. Mandatory termination of employment of law enforcement officers 
                            convicted of felonies.''.
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