[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4305 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4305

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 15 (legislative day, April 14), 2026

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Cotton) 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 2026''.

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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