S 3732
116th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Jurisdiction and venue
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 14, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 14, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act
This bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over criminal conduct involving the killing (or attempted killing) of a federal officer or employee. The United States may prosecute such conduct that occurs outside the United States.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1