[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4508 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4508

   To prohibit the sharing of certain information about Federal law 
             enforcement officers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2026

Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
 Rounds, Mr. Lee, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the sharing of certain information about Federal law 
             enforcement officers, 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 ``Blocking Leaks Undermining 
Enforcement Act'' or the ``BLUE Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SHARING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.

    Section 119 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the comma at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) in the case of a covered person who is a Federal law 
        enforcement officer, with the intent to physically obstruct, 
        impede, interfere with, or retaliate against, or to aid another 
        in physically obstructing, impeding, interfering with, or 
        retaliating against, any lawful duty, investigation, operation, 
        or official proceeding of the United States involving such 
        officer,''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, and, with 
                respect to a Federal law enforcement officer, any 
                physical location at which such officer is or is 
                reasonably expected to be present (whether on or off 
                duty)'' after ``that individual''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) the terms `Federal law enforcement officer' and 
        `immediate family' have the meanings given the terms in section 
        115.''.
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