[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4132 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4132

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for 
   officers and employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who 
 obtain knowledge of criminal conduct within the jurisdiction of State 
     and local prosecutors and fail to so inform those prosecutors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2005

  Mr. Delahunt (for himself and Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California) 
 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 
   officers and employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who 
 obtain knowledge of criminal conduct within the jurisdiction of State 
     and local prosecutors and fail to so inform those prosecutors.

    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 ``Law Enforcement Cooperation Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. F.B.I. FAILURE TO INFORM STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS OF CRIMES 
              WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 73 (relating to obstruction of justice) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``Sec. 1521. F.B.I. failure to inform State and local officials of 
              crimes within their jurisdiction
    ``Whoever, being an officer or employee of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, obtains knowledge in the course of official duty 
pertaining to a crime of violence that violates the law of a State or 
other place within the United States, and knowingly fails promptly to 
so inform the chief law enforcement officer of the State or other 
place, and any local prosecuting official that officer or employee 
reasonably should know has jurisdiction over the matter, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. It shall 
be the duty of such officer or employee promptly to notify the Attorney 
General that such officer or employee has provided information pursuant 
to this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1521. F.B.I. failure to inform State and local officials of crimes 
                            within their jurisdiction.''.
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