S 1031
105th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative responsibility
Arrest
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Crime prevention
Department of State
Diplomats
Embassies
Federal law enforcement officers
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Good samaritan laws
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
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Security measures
Supervisors
Victims of crimes
Violence
Federal Law Enforcement Officers' Good Samaritan Act of 1998
Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 1998
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 511.
Jul 30, 1998
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jul 30, 1998
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 17, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jul 17, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7717-7718)
Jul 17, 1997
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Federal Law Enforcement Officers' Good Samaritan Act of 1997 - Provides that a law enforcement officer shall be construed to be acting within the scope of his or her office or employment if the officer takes any action, including the use of force, that is determined by such officer to be necessary to: (1) protect an individual in the officer's presence from the imminent infliction of serious bodily injury; (2) provide immediate assistance to an individual who has suffered or who is threatened with serious bodily injury; or (3) prevent the escape of any individual whom the officer reasonably believes to have committed, in his or her presence, a crime of violence.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 511.
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