<enum>I</enum><header>Judicial security improvements and funding</header> <section id="H40373D7AEA6146B999DDEB7CF450DC1E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Judicial branch security requirements</header> <subsection id="H12E74BF2A7804C4F87C0D01BA14FD8AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ensuring consultation with the judiciary</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/566">Section 566</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61EF089FA9E048BCA0EB32D7D28B9134" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H049F94ADAE934CC8A7D7BA68B5072061"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Director of the United States Marshals Service shall consult with the Judicial Conference of the United States on a continuing basis regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the United States Government, to ensure that the views of the Judicial Conference regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government are taken into account when determining staffing levels, setting priorities for programs regarding judicial security, and allocating judicial security resources. In this paragraph, the term <term>judicial security</term> includes the security of buildings housing the judiciary, the personal security of judicial officers, the assessment of threats made to judicial officers, and the protection of all other judicial personnel. The United States Marshals Service retains final authority regarding security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="H016A18AC04634E34B4232C4EB2A074E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/331">Section 331</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F03F7D4089242D7912DDB8BE262F4D2" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE6FD67AA6C644C20A1B9CC1176E81C48"><enum></enum><text>The Judicial Conference shall consult with the Director of United States Marshals Service on a continuing basis regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the United States Government, to ensure that the views of the Judicial Conference regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government are taken into account when determining staffing levels, setting priorities for programs regarding judicial security, and allocating judicial security resources. In this paragraph, the term <term>judicial security</term> includes the security of buildings housing the judiciary, the personal security of judicial officers, the assessment of threats made to judicial officers, and the protection of all other judicial personnel. The United States Marshals Service retains final authority regarding security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="H961218EE5BE44B730020B918D132B808"><enum>102.</enum><header>Protection of family members</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(b)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17E415C559F44BC4A200479F24A01731"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or a family member of that individual</quote> after <quote>that individual</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A12CD35F688422D872E0611CE27CE75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting <quote>or a family member of that individual</quote> after <quote>the report</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H76BBC0137C17465E8FB4DBA9CC16658"><enum>103.</enum><header>Financial disclosure reports</header> <subsection id="HADB0FA7AC344471CB5F6FCF61721065B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105(b)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended by striking <quote>2005</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>2009</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H04F05FDA7D8B4AAB85D200673D89602C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report contents</header><text>Section 105(b)(3)(C) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9C718F4BCE1F46E389FA06ABF3F01700"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD95B60A19FF475B8126D245E3291BC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H867ACD301CB74D13ADE099F98C9733BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37297398E59F41629DDC04005620DEC8" style="OLC"> <clause id="HD1532EBEE67F4333821C3F9E252F4B92" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the nature or type of information redacted;</text> </clause> <clause id="H1EE6EC0D0BC5453DB8D0304B00D89708" indent="up2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>what steps or procedures are in place to ensure that sufficient information is available to litigants to determine if there is a conflict of interest;</text> </clause> <clause id="HCDF974DDB39B41989FAF57E7F1A855C6" indent="up2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>principles used to guide implementation of redaction authority; and</text> </clause> <clause id="HECA85438934B4B70AD7CEEF3685926E" indent="up2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>any public complaints received in regards to redaction.</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB227A12DF4484C10BF59F97BAC1EEE78"><enum>104.</enum><header>Protection of United States Tax Court</header> <subsection id="HDDCEBFE53A0A48DBB6DA7D6150756852"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/566">Section 566(a)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and the Court of International Trade</quote> and inserting <quote>, the Court of International Trade, and any other court, as provided by law</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73D8266A6DD747D2B542477419005257"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Internal Revenue Code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7456">Section 7456(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to incidental powers of the Tax Court) is amended in the matter following paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end, and inserting <quote>and may otherwise provide for the security of the Tax Court, including the personal protection of Tax Court judges, court officers, witnesses, and other threatened person in the interests of justice, where criminal intimidation impedes on the functioning of the judicial process or any other official proceeding.</quote>.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H6F1DFA0CDF414A8BB504F5E6DE7BEAC8"><enum>105.</enum><header>Additional amounts for United States Marshals Service to protect the judiciary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for the United States Marshals Service, there are authorized to be appropriated for the United States Marshals Service to protect the judiciary, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011 for—</text> <paragraph id="H6FCF519F8ACD46C9AE80F600905FB1F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>hiring entry-level deputy marshals for providing judicial security;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC79296D03484BA9A58CB9AA3BD58F71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hiring senior-level deputy marshals for investigating threats to the judiciary and providing protective details to members of the judiciary and assistant United States attorneys; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H130C5ACB081041D4AA32E451053D9818"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for the Office of Protective Intelligence, for hiring senior-level deputy marshals, hiring program analysts, and providing secure computer systems.</text> </paragraph></section>

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<enum>I</enum><header>Judicial security improvements and funding</header> <section id="H40373D7AEA6146B999DDEB7CF450DC1E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Judicial branch security requirements</header> <subsection id="H12E74BF2A7804C4F87C0D01BA14FD8AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ensuring consultation with the judiciary</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/566">Section 566</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61EF089FA9E048BCA0EB32D7D28B9134" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H049F94ADAE934CC8A7D7BA68B5072061"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Director of the United States Marshals Service shall consult with the Judicial Conference of the United States on a continuing basis regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the United States Government, to ensure that the views of the Judicial Conference regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government are taken into account when determining staffing levels, setting priorities for programs regarding judicial security, and allocating judicial security resources. In this paragraph, the term <term>judicial security</term> includes the security of buildings housing the judiciary, the personal security of judicial officers, the assessment of threats made to judicial officers, and the protection of all other judicial personnel. The United States Marshals Service retains final authority regarding security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="H016A18AC04634E34B4232C4EB2A074E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/331">Section 331</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F03F7D4089242D7912DDB8BE262F4D2" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE6FD67AA6C644C20A1B9CC1176E81C48"><enum></enum><text>The Judicial Conference shall consult with the Director of United States Marshals Service on a continuing basis regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the United States Government, to ensure that the views of the Judicial Conference regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government are taken into account when determining staffing levels, setting priorities for programs regarding judicial security, and allocating judicial security resources. In this paragraph, the term <term>judicial security</term> includes the security of buildings housing the judiciary, the personal security of judicial officers, the assessment of threats made to judicial officers, and the protection of all other judicial personnel. The United States Marshals Service retains final authority regarding security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="H961218EE5BE44B730020B918D132B808"><enum>102.</enum><header>Protection of family members</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(b)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17E415C559F44BC4A200479F24A01731"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or a family member of that individual</quote> after <quote>that individual</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A12CD35F688422D872E0611CE27CE75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting <quote>or a family member of that individual</quote> after <quote>the report</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H76BBC0137C17465E8FB4DBA9CC16658"><enum>103.</enum><header>Financial disclosure reports</header> <subsection id="HADB0FA7AC344471CB5F6FCF61721065B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105(b)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended by striking <quote>2005</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>2009</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H04F05FDA7D8B4AAB85D200673D89602C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report contents</header><text>Section 105(b)(3)(C) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9C718F4BCE1F46E389FA06ABF3F01700"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD95B60A19FF475B8126D245E3291BC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H867ACD301CB74D13ADE099F98C9733BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37297398E59F41629DDC04005620DEC8" style="OLC"> <clause id="HD1532EBEE67F4333821C3F9E252F4B92" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the nature or type of information redacted;</text> </clause> <clause id="H1EE6EC0D0BC5453DB8D0304B00D89708" indent="up2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>what steps or procedures are in place to ensure that sufficient information is available to litigants to determine if there is a conflict of interest;</text> </clause> <clause id="HCDF974DDB39B41989FAF57E7F1A855C6" indent="up2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>principles used to guide implementation of redaction authority; and</text> </clause> <clause id="HECA85438934B4B70AD7CEEF3685926E" indent="up2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>any public complaints received in regards to redaction.</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB227A12DF4484C10BF59F97BAC1EEE78"><enum>104.</enum><header>Protection of United States Tax Court</header> <subsection id="HDDCEBFE53A0A48DBB6DA7D6150756852"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/566">Section 566(a)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>and the Court of International Trade</quote> and inserting <quote>, the Court of International Trade, and any other court, as provided by law</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73D8266A6DD747D2B542477419005257"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Internal Revenue Code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7456">Section 7456(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to incidental powers of the Tax Court) is amended in the matter following paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end, and inserting <quote>and may otherwise provide for the security of the Tax Court, including the personal protection of Tax Court judges, court officers, witnesses, and other threatened person in the interests of justice, where criminal intimidation impedes on the functioning of the judicial process or any other official proceeding.</quote>.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H6F1DFA0CDF414A8BB504F5E6DE7BEAC8"><enum>105.</enum><header>Additional amounts for United States Marshals Service to protect the judiciary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for the United States Marshals Service, there are authorized to be appropriated for the United States Marshals Service to protect the judiciary, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011 for—</text> <paragraph id="H6FCF519F8ACD46C9AE80F600905FB1F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>hiring entry-level deputy marshals for providing judicial security;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC79296D03484BA9A58CB9AA3BD58F71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hiring senior-level deputy marshals for investigating threats to the judiciary and providing protective details to members of the judiciary and assistant United States attorneys; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H130C5ACB081041D4AA32E451053D9818"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for the Office of Protective Intelligence, for hiring senior-level deputy marshals, hiring program analysts, and providing secure computer systems.</text> </paragraph></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Criminal law enhancements to protect judges, family members, and witnesses</header> <section id="H3981B822217340628250EB65B46C7900"><enum>201.</enum><header>Protections against malicious recording of fictitious liens against Federal judges and Federal law enforcement officers</header> <subsection id="H496FD7CF43B74B638000FF81B9D83535"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Offense</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/73">Chapter 73</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A4F50F62921485D9C92DCD66FC8B7CA" style="OLC"> <section id="H51050F7F1E3542EFAE0092A301B031F4"><enum>1521.</enum><header>Retaliating against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officer by false claim or slander of title</header> <subsection id="HA7EEC598E9D346B1B3AAB900735F70C3"><enum></enum><text>Whoever files, attempts to file, or conspires to file, in any public record or in any private record which is generally available to the public, any false lien or encumbrance against the real or personal property of an individual described in section 1114, on account of the performance of official duties by that individual, knowing or having reason to know that such lien or encumbrance is false or contains any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="HE731EC1D7EF94CB4BEF5116F9300154E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The chapter analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/73">chapter 73</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block id="H75804D7C16AF4EE58F12B877B75BD471" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry idref="H51050F7F1E3542EFAE0092A301B031F4" level="section">1521. Retaliating against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officer by false claim or slander of title.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="HB1C37413207F44BF004C6111351087A1"><enum>202.</enum><header>Protection of individuals performing certain official duties</header> <subsection id="H0894DBF5AA304EAF8914A493E7AEB87C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Offense</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/7">Chapter 7</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD20DA7FA208B45CFB86E45F397AB95A7" style="USC"> <section id="HADC6515EF5484F9282AEBA580F9A04E"><enum>118.</enum><header>Protection of individuals performing certain official duties</header> <subsection id="H975D75E8EBF74F8EBAD68CD88154CB54"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Whoever knowingly makes restricted personal information about a covered official, or a member of the immediate family of that covered official, publicly available—</text> <paragraph id="H740EB2B67EFA4F290005E3900581209"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against that covered official, or a member of the immediate family of that covered official; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC623625B0B0F4C1DB72E384809EFED9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that covered official, or a member of the immediate family of that covered official,</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="H4133D444A78D4DAC9E3C4FE7740835E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <paragraph id="H62767093F291425AA4063879EBC0F0C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>restricted personal information</term> means, with respect to an individual, the Social Security number, the home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, personal email, or home fax number of, and identifiable to, that individual;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CB554D734F1413782F6FBDD912EB4E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>covered official</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H36284FB84ECB4B4FA9D8BC709FF6EEF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual designated in section 1114; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF134BFC64D954B789615EACBADA8A38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a grand or petit juror, witness, or other officer in or of, any court of the United States, or an officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any United States magistrate judge or other committing magistrate;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8BEA5379C12F4382B813A68FE9F39398"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>crime of violence</term> has the meaning given the term in section 16; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE889E611A3D94587A197465BD3D83F6C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>immediate family</term> has the meaning given the term in section 115(c)(2).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="HD7C1E4B419B44661B03142EC00137CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/7">chapter 7</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E13B28D82564B918F40004CE6688FAD" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry idref="HADC6515EF5484F9282AEBA580F9A04E" level="section">118. Protection of individuals performing certain official duties.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="HCB3C35A6D14E4A0C89243687A584FE9E"><enum>203.</enum><header>Prohibition of possession of dangerous weapons in Federal court facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/930">Section 930(e)(1)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>or other dangerous weapon</quote> after <quote>firearm</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H55E3ABC7AD974241A4EB4FACBE809939"><enum>204.</enum><header>Clarification of venue for retaliation against a witness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1513">Section 1513</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ED156937FCE480DA6799B81CE03E9E0" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H37EE154253644643B2721724B755D22D"><enum>(g)</enum><text>A prosecution under this section may be brought in the district in which the official proceeding (whether pending, about to be instituted, or completed) was intended to be affected, or in which the conduct constituting the alleged offense occurred.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="H909FF7F118F34731A3EDB63BD00EE7D"><enum>205.</enum><header>Modification of tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant offense</header> <subsection id="H6A553AC4FD3143F29F854C7979C77468"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Changes in Penalties</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1512">Section 1512</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE5104B64ED8B4F06B472456F262F806E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>so that subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(3) reads as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H08DAA35EA8DA4D12A394B1F3EE31B15E" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H98AEAA5081FA42C29869DD2C559D31C3" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a killing, the punishment provided in sections 1111 and 1112;</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5D0BAF929E844CF9F1588D8708FE54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7CE5154D07774D959FDC47F76D0065E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter following clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>20 years</quote> and inserting <quote>30 years</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E2A0DF4CAE249888673E09E65E47EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EF5CEE15BC44657B02D2F259D69BA66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>ten years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05297159AAF9474A92D95736DA3458D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>3 years</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H74153C9D7C614C9D89A3618113B736D4"><enum>206.</enum><header>Modification of retaliation offense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1513">Section 1513</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFC0EADF8F28E4E609BCB5CFF04C31BFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H00989590867941D7848F4BD6D466294"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting a comma after <quote>probation</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H22652395132F46818C10E18B59E03E70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the comma which immediately follows another comma;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B45DF8EF1CC494CB853A4F9EEBC55DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking <quote>20 years</quote> and inserting <quote>30 years</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0941E1FF8BE4B42B5E4ED00E1AB9D8E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC581E4615E14709A32339CB5CDDF9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HBCCBB178A330440A81A3EC23336C8F9F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting a comma after <quote>probation</quote>; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H5AC2E153B15144B09CD02F8E19279020"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the comma which immediately follows another comma; and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H516C9FA48260491BBE00BF5984300266"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking <quote>ten years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H664AE03A990B4C4999A07C1FA007F600"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating the second subsection (e) as subsection (f).</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H713EFAAFE3B24E07A1969F275B2C5743"><enum>207.</enum><header>General modifications of Federal murder crime and related crimes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1112">Section 1112(b)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H72BA2B45CF6C4B45A662E15EA602E4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>ten years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC720E331AAD64D298D8EE061B34C3953"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>six years</quote> and inserting <quote>10 years</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Protecting State and local judges and related grant programs</header> <section id="H83065C245296457A866431042906A887"><enum>301.</enum><header>Grants to States to protect witnesses and victims of crimes</header> <subsection id="H0B5C5A3A26294605AEEFDDD0C591DBCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 31702 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13862">42 U.S.C. 13862</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H915BE9B38D794B3C9BA18B62F9831BE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE500BF24CA874DD681185B162E9F43EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3F8E6FB39644A08B1FB1E0000C1C4F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0729D12977CD4BBAAE7E6BE02FAF82F1" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HC0CFA7B47FA74730906C8C3EFB888CFB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by a State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe to create and expand witness and victim protection programs to prevent threats, intimidation, and retaliation against victims of, and witnesses to, violent crimes.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8ECC7CA53B67498C971501C47790A975"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 31707 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13867">42 U.S.C. 13867</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H961E4AAA482143A896011900EB510335" style="OLC"> <section id="HD2939FA1DA8641AD83621EDAC825D051"><enum>31707.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this subtitle.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="HF092BF5438214824B8068FA5CD6745C7"><enum>302.</enum><header>Eligibility of State courts for certain Federal grants</header> <subsection id="H4D4670A2F2E7468F86A04919BE90C7D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Correctional options grants</header><text>Section 515 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3762a">42 U.S.C. 3762a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7414A9B05B8C4909BD0098E9277C55DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HED50E0E4BF77422DB73CD762449CFEBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA2AF88BC7734C29944FD657F77E47EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6EDB2F0F0574492380F3D4FE0567C5E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9E96E13C99D4A48A542C25292FBDAFE" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6550DE1AFBBF40DAB7CE71B3CE4E2124"><enum>(4)</enum><text>grants to State courts to improve security for State and local court systems.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA489259A89744309E6DD49EC09B0200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting after the period the following:</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection"><quote>Priority shall be given to State court applicants under subsection (a)(4) that have the greatest demonstrated need to provide security in order to administer justice.</quote>.</continuation-text></subsection> <subsection id="HC3F12672FE294C46AF879BEF8C65AA59"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>Section 516(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3762b">42 U.S.C. 3762b</external-xref>) is amended by—</text> <paragraph id="H17FACD9FE6384A878098FA273BDA6999"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>80</quote> and inserting <quote>70</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D5768F428934E5CB2285F8C24E1981D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking <quote>and 10</quote> and inserting <quote>10</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C281E7BD6C045B58FF600387136B102"><enum>(3)</enum><text>inserting before the period the following: <quote>, and 10 percent for section 515(a)(4)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H95F75C9640D6412BBC5BCD9C4E251DF3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State and Local Governments To Consider Courts</header><text>The Attorney General may require, as appropriate, that whenever a State or unit of local government or Indian tribe applies for a grant from the Department of Justice, the State, unit, or tribe demonstrate that, in developing the application and distributing funds, the State, unit, or tribe—</text> <paragraph id="HA8297EB802954E1BA1C821991047428D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>considered the needs of the judicial branch of the State, unit, or tribe, as the case may be;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7566ED9E4B94B2200B2A3E8C30526BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consulted with the chief judicial officer of the highest court of the State, unit, or tribe, as the case may be; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H28C89469BFE94BAD002E97C4616DB246"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consulted with the chief law enforcement officer of the law enforcement agency responsible for the security needs of the judicial branch of the State, unit, or tribe, as the case may be.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DC6E8982F164BFB9D3DEF0875E73C2E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Armor Vests</header><text>Section 2501 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796ll">42 U.S.C. 3796ll</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H030CE31114744054BE292341A6FE60F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and State and local court officers</quote> after <quote>tribal law enforcement officers</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA4B357328D247F7B167014310B1B663"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>State or local court,</quote> after <quote>government,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Law enforcement officers</header> <section id="H400195433DCA4FCAB9DC81583468BCF7"><enum>401.</enum><header>Report on security of Federal prosecutors</header> <subsection id="H46C093D93482474C9C6EB2009B1C12CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on the security of assistant United States attorneys and other Federal attorneys arising from the prosecution of terrorists, violent criminal gangs, drug traffickers, gun traffickers, white supremacists, those who commit fraud and other white-collar offenses, and other criminal cases.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H84044B2535BB43E5B44E9CB06ED74EA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report submitted under subsection (a) shall describe each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="HF3242B01A6014BA3B082A2FC88100D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number and nature of threats and assaults against attorneys handling prosecutions described in subsection (a) and the reporting requirements and methods.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H925F2053A5974FC5B744DD00B19EFE2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The security measures that are in place to protect the attorneys who are handling prosecutions described in subsection (a), including threat assessments, response procedures, availability of security systems and other devices, firearms licensing (deputations), and other measures designed to protect the attorneys and their families.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9749EDBCA7C34AF39447288835DFF83C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The firearms deputation policies of the Department of Justice, including the number of attorneys deputized and the time between receipt of threat and completion of the deputation and training process.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H229528B7900845C7B988C560CDE938C0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For each requirement, measure, or policy described in paragraphs (1) through (3), when the requirement, measure, or policy was developed and who was responsible for developing and implementing the requirement, measure, or policy .</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H14F96F7D37A84FCF8EF8878B9B5489E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The programs that are made available to the attorneys for personal security training, including training relating to limitations on public information disclosure, basic home security, firearms handling and safety, family safety, mail handling, counter-surveillance, and self-defense tactics.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9538A29097D9402F99368437082915AF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The measures that are taken to provide attorneys handling prosecutions described in subsection (a) with secure parking facilities, and how priorities for such facilities are established—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF382CFCD0DE44F4AC3B7FDF49841132"><enum>(A)</enum><text>among Federal employees within the facility;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B5EB6B883224CBBA27588F027258D74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>among Department of Justice employees within the facility; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39E703D235E24646942F421803483224"><enum>(C)</enum><text>among attorneys within the facility.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H174826438C5B47718D83007E19CDF829"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The frequency attorneys handling prosecutions described in subsection (a) are called upon to work beyond standard work hours and the security measures provided to protect attorneys at such times during travel between office and available parking facilities.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B9F6772E8964C8E84CC729E01C5A806"><enum>(8)</enum><text>With respect to attorneys who are licensed under State laws to carry firearms, the policy of the Department of Justice as to—</text> <subparagraph id="HCB7A99F3561E464C83CF200091C6F729"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carrying the firearm between available parking and office buildings;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE332B1291684002A84DFBBD24A7BAE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>securing the weapon at the office buildings; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE5BEFB4FBF354721AB96B5B1C8A5725E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>equipment and training provided to facilitate safe storage at Department of Justice facilities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA99DD95768DE49AA93B2131885B62D5D"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The offices in the Department of Justice that are responsible for ensuring the security of attorneys handling prosecutions described in subsection (a), the organization and staffing of the offices, and the manner in which the offices coordinate with offices in specific districts.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D123036FC4E49C9B8AA37167B0057FF"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The role, if any, that the United States Marshals Service or any other Department of Justice component plays in protecting, or providing security services or training for, attorneys handling prosecutions described in subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <section id="H33E9DC47E76F4F23AEBA92057E6D093C"><enum>501.</enum><header>Expanded procurement authority for the United States Sentencing Commission</header> <subsection id="HED8D48C4568D48F3BC687BDDFCB0009"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/995">Section 995</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6470E15A2658442C9250877E8D3EEED2" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HFC5BF04AFF9A400F87222269475910F4"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The Commission may—</text> <paragraph id="H788538D61B7D426CB632B34F0493E4FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use available funds to enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year, to the same extent as executive agencies may enter into such contracts under the authority of section 303L of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/253l">41 U.S.C. 253l</external-xref>);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H183641E5F90A40F3B620A67761781163"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition of property or services to the same extent as executive agencies may enter into such contracts under the authority of section 304B of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/254c">41 U.S.C. 254c</external-xref>); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C243D1A88FC4306873B27DDFB861CB9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>make advance, partial, progress, or other payments under contracts for property or services to the same extent as executive agencies may make such payments under the authority of section 305 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/255">41 U.S.C. 255</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8021D586F83F440A84C732D2D813AC7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall cease to have force and effect on September 30, 2010.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EA96CA920A548048756805C9C400003" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Bankruptcy, magistrate, and territorial judges life insurance</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1108A2637814BDAA7DBFE0503AA4683"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/604">Section 604(a)(5)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>hold office during good behavior,</quote> the following: <quote>bankruptcy judges appointed under section 152 of this title, magistrate judges appointed under section 631 of this title, and territorial district court judges appointed under section 24 of the Organic Act of Guam (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1424b">48 U.S.C. 1424b</external-xref>), section 1(b) of the Act of November 8, 1877 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1821">48 U.S.C. 1821</external-xref>), or section 24(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/48/1614">48 U.S.C. 1614(a)</external-xref>),</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6382D18E6BEC44D3AFED6876D900F8FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any payment made on or after the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H30837B757E43443994B7859EA6F76F52"><enum>503.</enum><header>Assignment of judges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/296">Section 296</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end of the second undesignated paragraph the following new sentence: <quote>However, a judge who has retired from regular active service under section 371(b) of this title, when designated and assigned to the court to which such judge was appointed, shall have all the powers of a judge of that court, including participation in appointment of court officers and magistrates, rulemaking, governance, and administrative matters.</quote>.</text> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96108E18EBBD4592B02832A9648EBC11"><enum>504.</enum><header>Senior judge participation in the selection of magistrates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/631">Section 631(a)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Northern Mariana Islands</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>Northern Mariana Islands (including any judge in regular active service and any judge who has retired from regular active service under section 371(b) of this title, when designated and assigned to the court to which such judge was appointed)</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H5FF0DB4772554A0CA0258DCB6FA3EC95"><enum>505.</enum><header>Reauthorization of the Ethics in Government Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 405 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking <quote>2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote>.</text> </section>