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[H.R. 2076 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2076

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
    To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory 
authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of 
    providing investigatory assistance on request of State and local 
  authorities with respect to certain serious violent crimes, and for 
                             other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Investigative Assistance for Violent 
Crimes Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN VIOLENT ACTS, SHOOTINGS, AND MASS 
KILLINGS.
    (a) Attorney General.--Title 28, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in section 530C(b)(1)(L)(i), by striking ``$2,000,000'' and 
    inserting ``$3,000,000''; and
        (2) in section 530C(b)(1), by adding at the end the following--
            ``(M)(i) At the request of an appropriate law enforcement 
        official of a State or political subdivision, the Attorney 
        General may assist in the investigation of violent acts and 
        shootings occurring in a place of public use and in the 
        investigation of mass killings and attempted mass killings. Any 
        assistance provided under this subparagraph shall be presumed 
        to be within the scope of Federal office or employment.
            ``(i) For purposes of this subparagraph--
                ``(I) the term `mass killings' means 3 or more killings 
            in a single incident; and
                ``(II) the term `place of public use' has the meaning 
            given that term under section 2332f(e)(6) of title 18, 
            United States Code.''.
    (b) Secretary of Homeland Security.--Section 875 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 455) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Investigation of Certain Violent Acts, Shootings, and Mass 
Killings.--
        ``(1) In general.--At the request of an appropriate law 
    enforcement official of a State or political subdivision, the 
    Secretary, through deployment of the Secret Service or United 
    States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, may assist in the 
    investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in a place of 
    public use, and in the investigation of mass killings and attempted 
    mass killings. Any assistance provided by the Secretary under this 
    subsection shall be presumed to be within the scope of Federal 
    office or employment.
        ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `mass killings' means 3 or more killings in 
        a single incident; and
            ``(B) the term `place of public use' has the meaning given 
        that term under section 2332f(e)(6) of title 18, United States 
        Code.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.