[House Prints 115-17]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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                          MAY 9, 2017
 
                 RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 115-17 
                 
                 TEXT OF H.R. 115, THIN BLUE LINE ACT
                 
      [Showing the text of H.R. 115 as ordered reported by the 
               Committee on the Judiciary]  
               
               
               
               
1  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  

2       This Act may be cited as the "Thin Blue Line Act".  

3  SEC. 2. AGGRAVATING FACTORS FOR DEATH PENALTY.  

4       Section 3592(c) of title 18, United States Code, is  

5  amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:  

6            "(17) KILLING OR TARGETING OF LAW ENï¿½ 

7       FORCEMENT OFFICER.ï¿½-

8            "(A) The defendant killed or attempted to  

9       kill, in the circumstance described in subparaï¿½ 

10       graph (B), a person who is authorized by lawï¿½- 

11            "(i) to engage in or supervise the preï¿½ 

12       vention, detention, investigation, or prosï¿½ 

13       ecution, or the incarceration of any person  

14       for any criminal violation of law;  

15            "(ii) to apprehend, arrest, or prosï¿½ 

16       ecute an individual for any criminal violaï¿½ 

17       tion of law; or  

18            "(iii) to be a firefighter or other first  

19       responder.  


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