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[S. 1793 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1793

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                                 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.
                    ``(ii) 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.''.

            Passed the Senate December 17, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1793

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.