112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1793 

AN ACT 

To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of providing investigatory assistance 

on request of State and local authorities with respect 

to certain serious violent crimes, and for other purposes. 
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Investigative Assist5 ance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN VIOLENT ACTS, 

7 SHOOTINGS, AND MASS KILLINGS. 

8 (a) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Title 28, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in section 530C(b)(1)(L)(i), by striking 

11 ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; and 

12 (2) in section 530C(b)(1), by adding at the end 

13 the following— 

14 ‘‘(M)(i) At the request of an appropriate 

15 law enforcement official of a State or political 

16 subdivision, the Attorney General may assist in 

17 the investigation of violent acts and shootings 

18 occurring in a place of public use and in the in19 vestigation of mass killings and attempted mass 

20 killings. Any assistance provided under this 

21 subparagraph shall be presumed to be within 

22 the scope of Federal office or employment. 

23 ‘‘(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph— 

24 ‘‘(I) the term ‘mass killings’ means 3 

25 or more killings in a single incident; and 
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1 ‘‘(II) the term ‘place of public use’ 

2 has the meaning given that term under 

3 section 2332f(e)(6) of title 18, United 

4 States Code.’’. 

5 (b) SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Section 

6 875 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 455) 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(d) INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN VIOLENT ACTS, 

9 SHOOTINGS, AND MASS KILLINGS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of an appro11 priate law enforcement official of a State or political 

12 subdivision, the Secretary, through deployment of 

13 the Secret Service or United States Immigration and 

14 Customs Enforcement, may assist in the investiga15 tion of violent acts and shootings occurring in a 

16 place of public use, and in the investigation of mass 

17 killings and attempted mass killings. Any assistance 

18 provided by the Secretary under this subsection shall 

19 be presumed to be within the scope of Federal office 

20 or employment. 

21 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub22 section— 

23 ‘‘(A) the term ‘mass killings’ means 3 or 

24 more killings in a single incident; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) the term ‘place of public use’ has the 

2 meaning given that term under section 

3 2332f(e)(6) of title 18, United States Code.’’. 

Passed the Senate December 17, 2012. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1793 

AN ACT 

To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify 

violent crimes, and for other purposes. local authorities with respect to certain serious vestigatory assistance on request of State and tice of the Department of Justice of providing inthe statutory authority for the longstanding prac-