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Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness Act of 2005

Introduced: July 28, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Sep 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 28, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 28, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness Act of 2005 - Amends the federal criminal code to apply prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any official insignia or article of clothing (including a badge, emblem or identification card, that is an indicium of the authority of a public employee). Defines "public employee" to mean any officer or employee of the federal government or of a state or local government.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to assure that the sentence imposed on a defendant who is convicted of a federal offense while wearing or displaying such insignia and clothing reflects the gravity of this aggravating factor.

What's happening now September 19, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 28, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3604: Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3604/
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"H.R. 3604: Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3604/.
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H.R. 3604, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3604/.
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