[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2363 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2363

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty on 
 persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the 
                                country.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2005

    Mr. Dreier (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. McKeon, and Mrs. Bono) 
 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 increase the penalty on 
 persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the 
                                country.

    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 ``Peace Officer Justice Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL CRIME FOR KILLING PEACE OFFICERS AND 
              TRAVELING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE.

    (a) Federal Crime Relating to Peace Officers.--Section 1121 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Whoever intentionally kills any peace officer engaged in, 
or on account of the performance of, such officer's official duties, 
and moves or travels in foreign commerce with intent to avoid 
prosecution or confinement after conviction of that crime, shall be 
sentenced according to the terms of section 1111.
    ``(2) As used in this section, the term `peace officer' means any 
officer of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a 
State who is empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make 
arrests for offenses against the criminal laws of the United States, 
the State, or the political subdivision.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) The heading for section 1121 of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1121. Killing persons aiding Federal investigations, killing 
              State correctional officers, and killing peace 
              officers''.
            (2) The item relating to section 1121 in the table of 
        sections for chapter 51 of such title is amended to read as 
        follows:

``1121. Killing persons aiding Federal investigations, killing State 
                            correctional officers, and killing peace 
                            officers.''.
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