[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 17184-17185]
[From the U.S. 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:

                (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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