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Calendar No. 236 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2076 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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. 

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 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED 

2 MASS KILLING AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES. 

3 Title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

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

5 ‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 

6 (2) in section 530C(b)(4), by adding at the end 

7 the following: ‘‘The authority to conduct or assist in 

8 investigations includes the authority to deploy tac9 tical response, command and control, and other cri10 sis-management assets of the Bureau, as appro11 priate; and any such conduct or assistance shall be 

12 understood presumptively to be within the scope of 

13 Federal office or employment.’’; 

14 (3) in section 540A— 

15 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

16 ‘‘Investigation of certain violent 

17 crimes;’’ and inserting ‘‘Investigation of 

18 certain violent crimes’’; 

19 (B) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, in the 

20 investigation of violent acts and shootings oc21 curring in venues such as schools, colleges, uni22 versities, non-Federal office buildings, malls, 

23 and other public places, and in the investigation 

24 of mass killings and attempted mass killings’’ 

25 after ‘‘traveler’’; and 


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1 (C) in subsection (c), by adding the fol2 lowing new paragraph at the end: 

3 ‘‘(4) ‘mass killings’ means three or more 

4 killings in a single incident.’’; and 

5 (4) in the table of sections at the beginning of 

6 chapter 33, by striking the item relating to section 

7 540A and inserting the following: 

‘‘540A. Investigation of certain violent crimes.’’. 

8 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Investigative Assistance 

10 for Violent Crimes Act of 2011’’. 

11 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED 

12 MASS KILLING AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES. 

13 Title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

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

15 ‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 

16 (2) in section 530C(b)(4), by adding at the end 

17 the following: ‘‘The authority to conduct or assist in 

18 investigations includes the authority to deploy tac19 tical response, command and control, and other cri20 sis-management assets of the Bureau, as appropriate; 

21 and any such conduct or assistance shall be under22 stood presumptively to be within the scope of Federal 

23 office or employment.’’; 

24 (3) in section 540A— 


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1 (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘In2 vestigation of violent crimes against 

3 travelers’’ and inserting ‘‘Investigation of 

4 certain violent crimes’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, in the 

6 investigation of violent acts and shootings occur7 ring in venues such as schools, colleges, univer8 sities, non-Federal office buildings, malls, and 

9 other public places, and in the investigation of 

10 mass killings and attempted mass killings’’ after 

11 ‘‘traveler’’; and 

12 (C) in subsection (c), by adding the fol13 lowing new paragraph at the end: 

14 ‘‘(4) ‘mass killings’ means 3 or more killings in 

15 a single incident.’’; and 

16 (4) in the table of sections at the beginning of 

17 chapter 33, by striking the item relating to section 

18 540A and inserting the following: 

‘‘540A. Investigation of certain violent crimes.’’. 


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Calendar No. 236 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2076 

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 pracNOVEMBER 17, 2011 

Reported with an amendment 


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