[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 162 (Monday, December 17, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR VIOLENT CRIMES ACT OF 2011
Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to Calendar
No. 236, H.R. 2076.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 2076) 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.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. REID. I further ask that the committee-reported amendment be
considered; the substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; the
Whitehouse amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the
substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; the bill, as amended,
be read a third time and passed; a motion to reconsider be considered
made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and
any statements related to this matter be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to,
as follows:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investigative Assistance for
Violent Crimes Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED MASS
KILLING AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES.
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'';
(2) in section 530C(b)(4), by adding at the end the
following: ``The authority to conduct or assist in
investigations includes the authority to deploy tactical
response, command and control, and other crisis-management
assets of the Bureau, as appropriate; and any such conduct or
assistance shall be understood presumptively to be within the
scope of Federal office or employment.'';
(3) in section 540A--
(A) in the section heading, by striking ``Investigation of
violent crimes against travelers'' and inserting
``Investigation of certain violent crimes'';
(B) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, in the
investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in
venues such as schools, colleges, universities, non-Federal
office buildings, malls, and other public places, and in the
investigation of mass killings and attempted mass killings''
after ``traveler''; and
(C) in subsection (c), by adding the following new
paragraph at the end:
``(4) `mass killings' means 3 or more killings in a single
incident.''; and
(4) in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter
33, by striking the item relating to section 540A and
inserting the following:
``540A. Investigation of certain violent crimes.''.
The amendment (No. 3342) was agreed to, as follows:
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On page S8089, December 17, 2012, the Record reads: The
amendment (No. 2076) was agreed to, as follows: . . .
The online Record has been corrected to read: The amendment (No.
3342) was agreed to, as follows: . . .
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(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)
In lieu of matter proposed to be inserted, insert the
following:
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.''.
The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended,
was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time.
The bill (H.R. 2076), as amended, was read the third time, and
passed.
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