[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3604 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3604

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide expanded protections 
  against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2005

Ms. Slaughter (for herself, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Ms. Schakowsky, 
 and Ms. Watson) 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 expanded protections 
  against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Badge and Uniform Security and 
Trustworthiness Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIFORMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 716 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``police badge'' each place it appears in 
        subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ``official insignia or 
        article of clothing'';
            (2) in each of paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (a), by 
        striking ``badge of the police'' and inserting ``official 
        insignia or article of clothing'';
            (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``the badge'' and 
        inserting ``the insignia or article of clothing'';
            (4) so that subsection (c) reads as follows:
    ``(c) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `official insignia or article of clothing' 
        means an article of distinctive clothing or insignia, including 
        a badge, emblem or identification card, that is an indicium of 
        the authority of a public employee; and
            ``(2) the term `public employee' means any officer or 
        employee of the Federal Government or of a State or local 
        government.''; and
            (5) in the heading for the section, by striking ``Police 
        badges'' and inserting ``Public employee insignia and 
        clothing''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment to Table of Sections.--The item in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 33 of title 18, United 
States Code, relating to section 716 is amended by striking ``Police 
badges'' and inserting ``Public employee insignia and clothing''.
    (c) Direction to Sentencing Commission.--The United States 
Sentencing Commission is directed to make appropriate amendments to 
sentencing guidelines, policy statements, and official commentary to 
assure that the sentence imposed on a defendant who is convicted of a 
Federal offense while wearing or displaying insignia and clothing 
received in violation of section 716 of title 18, United States Code, 
reflects the gravity of this aggravating factor.
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