110 HR 660 : Court Security Improvement Act of
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-08-03
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Court Security Improvement Act of
2007
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Judicial security
improvements and funding</header>
<section id="H1F87DF3EBF93428988E93F5BC16C0090"><enum>101.</enum><header>Judicial branch
security requirements</header>
<subsection id="H54365FA2EBD446068893073EDB055CE"><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>
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<subsection id="HAA066A0D8A4643A7BCE8481BC11C2D3D"><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="HC5C9856E3AB74CCA964FF62D039408A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 331 of
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA95100B8B4F44236B9D19F83575A67" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H86777E23C63D43EC8D9DAEC3512F2B3"><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="HC6D00F845A534B4F8B7888FC1C3CF2CE"><enum>102.</enum><header>Financial
disclosure reports</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 by
striking subparagraph (E).</text>
</section><section id="HA86FF785845545218110606D409952E2"><enum>103.</enum><header>Protection of
United States Tax Court</header>
<subsection id="H6C8CAA36396D4A2B81C773B8DDF68458"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 566(a) 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="H3CCCB7DE4C9A4894BDA0CEE386E20040"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Internal Revenue
Code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7456(c) 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="H0E517495BE19408DA138A4D2114603E0"><enum>104.</enum><header>Protection of
United States tax court</header>
<subsection id="H4873163C35A14CB9BBAB622FD659D019"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><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 the
United States Tax Court, as provided by law</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H13C8E5EC75684F65AD7CBFE23BFAB716"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Internal Revenue
Code</header><text>Section 7456(c) 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, when requested by the
chief judge of the Tax Court, for the security of the Tax Court, including the
personal protection of Tax Court judges, court officers, witnesses, and other
threatened persons in the interests of justice, where criminal intimidation
impedes on the functioning of the judicial process or any other official
proceeding.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2C41FDD9BE9B43C59960DC236007BD59"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text>The
United States Tax Court shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service for
protection provided under the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Criminal law
enhancements to protect judges, family members, and witnesses</header>
<section id="H6C04EB9E7BD249CB8B2D1EF076D69756"><enum>201.</enum><header>Protections
against malicious recording of fictitious liens against Federal judges and
Federal law enforcement officers</header>
<subsection id="H2BB374F214BA4B9493CE21AB2B80D7E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Offense</header><text>Chapter
73 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<section id="H87EA518A97354178A9C3922490FE0400"><enum>1521.</enum><header>Retaliating
against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officer by false claim or
slander of title</header>
<subsection id="HAFC4348A573F4E3690D53D27F81579D0"><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="H4E59A26D14E443A4BD342F92343F49B0"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7A1FCEB447E433D87D7E4D6753E4B03" style="USC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry 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="HCFBD6AA23DAA4C4DB798C5C61C7BD650"><enum>202.</enum><header>Protection of
individuals performing certain official duties</header>
<subsection id="HFEC9E5E0853F404AB2004000CF1FF69"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Offense</header><text>Chapter
7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<section id="H3087C70916F2418591D9D3D925A300AD"><enum>119.</enum><header>Protection of
individuals performing certain official duties</header>
<subsection id="HA499EC56418948F3BBF91DE8AE4412EF"><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="H5A8BD90E2BBE48CD9BABE23505E7D3A4"><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="HB32D7D45D6CD4F5DB47D4251EDFCC00"><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="H76858F6EF084468196B647B8A237856"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D6611C41A71465C91CFB11235134781"><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="H6B6C597DB24A45FA8B57C4EBB99DCDCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered official</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H30DE26E943F14D28AAB908EB024B6221"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual
designated in section 1114;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CE1A86708684F3B97755965EDBB62F2"><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><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H134D542461ED4AD6951CFA465F06E293"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a public safety
officer (as that term is defined in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968) who is employed by a public agency that receives
Federal financial assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD969D6A0FBF45E9947FB0D63378A3F4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a paid informant or any witness in a
Federal criminal investigation or prosecution or in a State criminal
investigation or prosecution of an offense that is in or affects interstate or
foreign commerce;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H24FEF60F7BDA400F8FCF38DF14F481B4"><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="H2649C12B7B3547A68984D1F93F06008F"><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="H7A7E5C4772654700A7EFF408FF01EDA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:</text>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HJU00">
<toc-entry idref="H3087C70916F2418591D9D3D925A300AD" level="section">119. Protection of
individuals performing certain official
duties.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H44A7F9E6BD2A4173008F5B3FEBEFD023"><enum>203.</enum><header>Prohibition of
possession of dangerous weapons in Federal court facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 930(e)(1) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>or other dangerous
weapon</quote> after <quote>firearm</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H559396D32B8F42F0BA7530F4F34DC1E0"><enum>204.</enum><header>Clarification
of venue for retaliation against a witness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1513 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subsection id="H6FBF97BCC00E40F8A62B10F5DB9D04"><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="H0379FDFBE8674B64B6BC23E5E75F1062"><enum>205.</enum><header>Modification of
tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant offense</header>
<subsection id="H66C2CEF2234B4957A64259344543C898"><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="HF2837A26F4C34CE687E92C1945F90950"><enum>(1)</enum><text>so that
subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(3) reads as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H92D4D5F06076485E940029725F3D61F8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H97D7B428B64E4A569901BE5991BD2AC" 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="H8B511AFE61F6434C96A3E2E24847AC48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H071647E97DD645128BD282D597E0AD21"><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="H14ED9674A308443B8C1600AD059F8246"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>20
years</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H20F9E80B09B04861856C56EE600729E1"><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="HA02E05EDDE7C44A9B954923DF7CC3D7B"><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="H42C5471D954040DB8575ACC21CBFCEEA"><enum>206.</enum><header>Modification of
retaliation offense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1513 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H45AAA1A05F324C368ED7F448F22360D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B8A4780777D4F8081418D75F68ECC2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting a
comma after <quote>probation</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H640C7598E36747B294BE99114BC30134"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
comma which immediately follows another comma;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H66A94AAB85674A6492B65F00FABF4F9F"><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="HDC9C6DB7652F4E33BDE3E9CA576D4995"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H94EEBD7463724EC6BCB4C4EDD760300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HFD74A4D058B949E4A29F9DBCA2611847"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting a
comma after <quote>probation</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H123CB375A468436C97E9F32F24E38899"><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="H05DA7E8ACA874BD9A063DD590666F687"><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="H22D9DDC00E90442CA204368FE32B50F9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second subsection (e) as subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA76F65948ED4357ADD2D4FB46B0DF7E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header>General
modifications of Federal murder crime and related crimes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1112(b) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0591421CDB964719878D77EBDA733DF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>United States,</quote>
and inserting <quote>United States—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C850F7D74CE49E4BD00BDE51971B400"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Whoever is guilty of voluntary manslaughter,</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H61B86421AA114724AE350648F3F7FF10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subject to
paragraph (3), whoever is guilty of voluntary
manslaughter</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3D736AAAF8A490C8396FF68A0B38BFB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Whoever is guilty of involuntary manslaughter,</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A262AD86D814C56892F135F1F345380" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4D7140E763994BEBABB1AD86E0B66832"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to
paragraph (3), whoever is guilty of involuntary
manslaughter</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7A31AD1877E4ACA8059C575A845A400"><enum>(4)</enum><text>at the end of
paragraph (2) (as designated by paragraph (3)), by striking the period and
inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91F567C5C79B425E9F8FF90011569F3F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3162C467B004BBDBD7C60FCB2E07AB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3B999FB357344642BF5654E3127757D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whoever is guilty
of an offense under section 1114 or chapter 73 that involved a killing
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E38DE7DC8E54D26B1F915D6D00F319"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of
voluntary manslaughter, be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than
20 years, or both; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93D30348CD214B6E8FD2EED78929256C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of
involuntary manslaughter, be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more
than 10 years, or
both.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CD2B72657544261BA86B17FC4F8877" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Assault
penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 115 of title
18, United States Code, is amended in subsection (b) by striking
<quote>(1)</quote> and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HA6C01202088F4FD09E2371B3DDDA89C8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA5014E5E6A3D484EAD26D05784F7C666"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The punishment for
an assault in violation of this section is a fine under this title and—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE475D28123947DA97DE17377DACA423"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the assault
consists of a simple assault, a term of imprisonment for not more than one
year, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4438C3E814BC45ECA05155C90500633D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the assault
resulted in bodily injury (as defined in section 1365), a term of imprisonment
for not more than 10 years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05D074D484F145EAAB59E3FF9069FFFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the assault
resulted in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365), a term of
imprisonment for not more than 15 years; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CD9D18BC5D849ECAD569C731B16FCA4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if a dangerous
weapon was used during and in relation to the offense, a term of imprisonment
for not more than 30
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1BA9ADCAFFE24408AFC8DED843CFD712"><enum>209.</enum><header>Direction to
the sentencing commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
United States Sentencing Commission is directed to review the Sentencing
Guidelines as they apply to threats punishable under
section
115 of title 18, United States Code, that occur over the
Internet, and determine whether and by how much that should aggravate the
punishment pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/994">section 994</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code. In
conducting the study, the Commission shall take into consideration the number
of such threats made; the intended number of recipients, whether the initial
sender was acting in an individual capacity or part of a larger group.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Protecting State
and local judges and related grant programs</header>
<section id="H0C25BB14118348609543D5346F7D1F73"><enum>301.</enum><header>Grants to
States to protect witnesses and victims of crimes</header>
<subsection id="H6747BB037F824340AB0595965104D769"><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="HCD43405700A64C9AAC1BA8D4824876D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD310A53E8FBF4D61B30024DF3385245B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F1E16CAC3274598B35FE5ACC3F480B8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA8281559E3DB4D468500FB80FDC5EC31"><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="H9BB25C0C08D44CB9BF68B5D620B913D5"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DEC3DBD629D4CD0AC4217E49784F1D0" style="OLC">
<section id="HFF113764880F4BFB854486779CD76140"><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 2008
through 2012 to carry out this
subtitle.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H4D04588422B349A7ADDAA6BF2454E8EC"><enum>302.</enum><header>Eligibility of
State courts for certain Federal grants</header>
<subsection id="H6D475635EF2942B7AD1189864FE979D"><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="H803B5FFBE7D545C3A513CDAD6B684343"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84CDEBF1541A413EA14209ECC52CC6B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6D3F05C266F45F5BC00891BE804B649"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F94CBA58D14420A8014179E27E2874B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H930E2C8ABEB14F8FA08B00F77B5765C9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7ADDF49F40564382B391B5A40843CF64"><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="HDF58211185B04C359060F81772C6E19F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by adding at the end 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="HAB795D1B0F7B446BAFC6775B08EC776C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>Section
516(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3762b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H058363C3CBBA43168133BD5B5E205EF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>80</quote> and inserting
<quote>70</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D61CF66FC054738A37375500821E8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and 10</quote> and
inserting <quote>10</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BB8230E6C9740CB824C7814F6861FA5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before the period the
following: <quote>, and 10 percent for section 515(a)(4)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2D877B16062470A005E08743F73C718"><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="H1EFB2A309B7C4063A48E00A024028E7D"><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="H8044C6548F8B4E05B1C1BBFB98ECD6B8"><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="HDA8B21F35DBE4254A49120388DFB91B0"><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="HD647A2F85CCB4CBA82F0741E302400B3"><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="HEA3C79E1318F414C94B25402FD74DE01"><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="H02E6C35AEDF947B4BA595351D6F940A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by inserting <quote>State or local court,</quote> after
<quote>government,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBD91F6E31C641BBA2F26C747CCF0025" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Grants to States for
threat assessment databases</header>
<subsection id="H602ACE09A4C04FD6A5FCDCFB17CA2830"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Attorney General, through the Office of Justice
Programs, shall make grants under this section to the highest State courts in
States participating in the program, for the purpose of enabling such courts to
establish and maintain a threat assessment database described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEA9012F55D9C4AA18B4164B95DA5454F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Database</header><text>For
purposes of subsection (a), a threat assessment database is a database through
which a State can—</text>
<paragraph id="H7D4ECE6535524DB1ABA3AEA039AD4761"><enum>(1)</enum><text>analyze trends and
patterns in domestic terrorism and crime;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49B146D276FC41D2B953FF9338EF8E47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>project the
probabilities that specific acts of domestic terrorism or crime will occur;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4A92C5CF2DA430A861400E23C54D8DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop measures
and procedures that can effectively reduce the probabilities that those acts
will occur.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2472687BF0E042D8BCC0A84BC5CFFA93"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Core
Elements</header><text>The Attorney General shall define a core set of data
elements to be used by each database funded by this section so that the
information in the database can be effectively shared with other States and
with the Department of Justice.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5913E9AAFBE343EA832577C9AAD6C40"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2008 through 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Law enforcement
officers</header>
<section id="HB9825E9969804F6E81CB5439BB7700AE"><enum>401.</enum><header>Report on
security of Federal prosecutors</header>
<subsection id="H4BAB56CBFAC348108DD1C46CDE76F1A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the 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="H39673EF2761440C8004F226F192076C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report submitted under subsection (a) shall describe each of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5B508BC5D42D4D82B3B4C8B03F5D0C1"><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="HA4B0E2851EA34D2CA8DD5D2B28D500AD"><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="HBE487BFE865A44079D5718F79BDA7DAD"><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="H05A9C9AEE425446C8043CAA0D9F17C0"><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="HA28B9F4E60F1434481326E117BA34847"><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="H41E9FF00095745A4A29BC2B6E5363069"><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="H165606759EC84479935D3EC92E1B15C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>among Federal
employees within the facility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FE965C85ADE464A906BB2405B96865"><enum>(B)</enum><text>among Department of
Justice employees within the facility; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73F8F6E2C2A0417AB13B68ABEE46853D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>among attorneys
within the facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6BAEAFE5C5145E18006A358DAAF003C"><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="HF2343E1C20D040A0967C41AC7FB377E7"><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="H11E12F39A8F74690993E31BD163EB58F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carrying the
firearm between available parking and office buildings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD22B4644E8D843D4A928982C81859361"><enum>(B)</enum><text>securing the
weapon at the office buildings; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24CF70D4BC2B4B04B40327CEBEFEA170"><enum>(C)</enum><text>equipment and
training provided to facilitate safe storage at Department of Justice
facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H24449E7E2DCA4FF0B147C00412495448"><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="H3E63628630DE4652A9CFC7D37B3529DD"><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="H4AE0DD72719B49F194F3208FBAA751E"><enum>501.</enum><header>Expanded
procurement authority for the United States Sentencing Commission</header>
<subsection id="H8669F68DF0604C8FBA04FEE429D4A6E5"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D627C534E9C450CB29FA82C3D20B718" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H15B64A3A0B624FAF8054F9CB24B0CDC6"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The Commission
may—</text>
<paragraph id="H0AF319CD2CD246769CD9DE478B6B00D6"><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 (41
U.S.C. 253l);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D8628D2541C4FFCB1ABAB7FFA2E692D"><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
(41 U.S.C.
254c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05A9582013F0418DBCA15374D74BB43D"><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 (41 U.S.C.
255).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABA26E762FB542F4BB1100BEC4873E7F"><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="H72BE05626ECB4C6DB708F29647582DA5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Magistrate and
territorial judges life insurance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD08D063791D24AA587F3DAE500AF29F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 604(a)(5) of
title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>hold office
during good behavior,</quote> the following: <quote>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 (48 U.S.C.
1614(a)),</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H445A3A6EF2BB491DB4B4B35D6C7F1EFF"><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="HDC213749D6704433967B7983D5E003E5"><enum>503.</enum><header>Assignment of
judges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 296 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="HC30C078702DB4258A5CEF9ED41B8FD32"><enum>504.</enum><header>Senior judge
participation in the selection of magistrates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 631(a) 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="H95A951EF26A349348CD365DD27A0DFFC"><enum>505.</enum><header>Guaranteeing
compliance with prisoner payment commitments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3624(e) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the last sentence and
inserting the following: <quote>Upon the release of a prisoner by the Bureau of
Prisons to supervised release, the Bureau of Prisons shall notify such
prisoner, verbally and in writing, of the requirement that the prisoner adhere
to an installment schedule, not to exceed two years except in special
circumstances, to pay for any fine imposed for the offense committed by such
prisoner, and of the consequences of failure to pay such fines under sections
3611 through 3614 of this title.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HEA5752A7179343F292661990372DD883"><enum>506.</enum><header>Study and
report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Attorney General
shall study whether the generally open public access to State and local records
imperils the safety of the Federal judiciary. Not later than 18 months after
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall report to Congress the
results of that study together with any recommendations the Attorney General
deems necessary.</text>
</section><section id="H204AA6924BA540F19598A1F625741CD4"><enum>507.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of fugitive apprehension task forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(b) of the Presidential Threat
Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/566">28 U.S.C. 566</external-xref> note;
Public Law
106–544) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H89E3C9DB9D134C85BAB85C5EBE59ED5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after <quote>fiscal year 2002,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H216DB59E51894CC4B8C241BDA43EAAAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, and $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote>
before the period.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5ECBB5E9E67F48699721098B1D461E7B"><enum>508.</enum><header>Increased
protection of Federal judges</header>
<subsection id="H2270A520D57F42D789E2A888E5513175"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum document
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HCC0ED597D3B944EFADF995EB35CD785"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>For purposes of section 202(b)(6) of the REAL ID Act
of 2005(49 U.S.C.
30301 note), a State may, in the case of an individual
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2), include in a driver’s
license or other identification card issued to that individual by the State,
the address specified in that subparagraph in lieu of the individual’s address
of principle residence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H760466A4D92D401F9D5B82A066E058EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Individuals and
information</header><text>The individuals and addresses referred to in
paragraph (1) are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A7CAE17650347D2B538D18FFA650713"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of a
Justice of the United States, the address of the United States Supreme
Court.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52011BA1242A4F6C9392989CEA9826F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a
judge of a Federal court, the address of the courthouse.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A3A404785574E0E97A9F3403494A8D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Verification of
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
section 202(c)(1)(D) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30301">49 U.S.C. 30301</external-xref> note), in the case
of an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2), a
State need only require documentation of the address appearing on the
individual’s driver’s license or other identification card issued by that State
to the individual.</text>
</subsection></section>
Passed the House of
Representatives July 10, 2007.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.Deborah M. Spriggs,
Deputy Clerk.