Police Officer Daniel Faulkner Act of 2006
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Court and Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for homicide, manslaughter, and kidnapping crimes against federal judges and law enforcement officers; (2) allow federal judges, U.S. attorneys, and Justice Department employees to carry firearms; (3) increase penalties for assaults against U.S. employees and officers and impose mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for assaults against federal judges or law enforcement officers; and (4) impose mandatory minimum penalties for retaliating against a federal judge or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties by murdering, kidnapping, assaulting, or threatening a family member.
Places limits on the award of civil damages and attorney's fees against judicial officers for injuries incurred by an individual during the commission of a felony or crime of violence.
Police Officer Daniel Faulkner Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to place limits on habeas corpus petitions for review of a state conviction for the murder of a public safety officer or judge engaged in the performance of official duties.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3835: Court and Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3835/
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