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S. 167 119th Congress Senate

Protect and Serve Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 21, 2025 Introduced by: Thom Tillis Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Assault and harassment offensesCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationFirearms and explosives
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Law enforcement officersViolent crime
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Jan 21, 2025
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Jan 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect and Serve Act of 2025

This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly assaulting a law enforcement officer and causing serious bodily injury (or attempting to do so) in circumstances that affect interstate commerce.

It imposes criminal penalties—a prison term, a fine, or both—on a violator.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 167: Protect and Serve Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-167/
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"S. 167: Protect and Serve Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-167/.
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S. 167, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-167/.
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