[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3817 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3817

 To increase the criminal penalties for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons 
                         correctional officer.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2024

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the criminal penalties for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons 
                         correctional officer.

    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 ``Safer Prisons Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ASSAULT ON BUREAU OF PRISONS 
              CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS.

    Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Enhanced Penalties for Assault on Bureau of Prisons 
Correctional Officers.--In the case of any violation of this section 
against a correctional officer of the Bureau of Prisons, the applicable 
maximum term of imprisonment under this section shall be doubled, and 
the applicable maximum fine shall be adjusted accordingly.''.
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