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Union Calendar No. 121 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2076 

[Report No. 112–186] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 1, 2011 

Mr. GOWDY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

JULY 29, 2011 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. ROSS of Florida, and Ms. JACKSON

LEE of Texas 

JULY 29, 2011 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 


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A BILL 

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 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED 

7 MASS KILLING AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES. 

8 Title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

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

10 ‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘$3,000,000’;’’ inserting 

11 ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 

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

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

14 investigations includes the authority to deploy tac15 tical response, command and control, and other cri16 sis-management assets of the Bureau, as appro17 priate; and any such conduct or assistance shall be 

18 understood presumptively to be within the scope of 

19 Federal office or employment.’’; 

20 (3) in section 540A— 

21 (A) by amending the section title to read 

22 ‘‘Investigation of certain violent 

23 crimes;’’ 

24 (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘In25 vestigation of certain violent crimes;’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘Investigation of certain 

2 violent crimes’’; 

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

4 investigation of violent acts and shootings oc5 curring in venues such as schools, colleges, uni6 versities, non-Federal office buildings, malls, 

7 and other public places, and in the investigation 

8 of mass killings and attempted mass killings’’ 

9 after ‘‘traveler’’; and 

10 (C) in subsection (c), by adding the fol11 lowing new paragraph at the end: 

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

13 killings in a single incident.’’; and 

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

15 chapter 33, by striking the item relating to section 

16 540A and inserting the following: 

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


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Union Calendar No. 121 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2076 

[Report No. 112–186] 

A BILL 

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 pracJULY 29, 2011 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Mar 15 2010 20:22 Jul 29, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H2076.RH H2076

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