(2) consulted with the chief judicial officer of the 
highest court of the State or unit, as the case may be. 
SEC. 19. REPORT ON SECURITY OF FEDERAL PROSECU-
TORS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on 
the security of assistant United States attorneys and other 
Federal attorneys arising from the prosecution of terrorists, 
violent criminal gangs, drug traffickers, gun traffickers, 
white supremacists, and those who commit fraud and other 
white-collar offenses. The report shall describe each of the 
following: 
(1) The number and nature of threats and as-
saults against attorneys handling those prosecutions 
and the reporting requirements and methods. 
(2) The security measures that are in place to 
protect the attorneys who are handling those prosecu-
tions, including measures such as threat assessments, 
response procedures, availability of security systems 
and other devices, firearms licensing (deputations), 
and other measures designed to protect the attorneys 
and their families.
(3) The Department of Justice’s firearms deputa-
tion policies, including the number of attorneys depu-
tized and the time between receipt of threat and com-
pletion of the deputation and training process. 
(4) For each measure covered by paragraphs (1) 
through (3), when the report or measure was devel-
oped and who was responsible for developing and im-
plementing the report or measure. 
(5) The programs that are made available to the 
attorneys for personal security training, including 
training relating to limitations on public information 
disclosure, basic home security, firearms handling 
and safety, family safety, mail handling, counter- 
surveillance, and self-defense tactics. 
(6) The measures that are taken to provide the 
attorneys with secure parking facilities, and how pri-
orities for such facilities are established— 
(A) among Federal employees within the fa-
cility; 
(B) among Department of Justice employees 
within the facility; and 
(C) among attorneys within the facility. 
(7) The frequency such attorneys are called upon 
to work beyond standard work hours and the security 
measures provided to protect attorneys at such times
during travel between office and available parking fa-
cilities. 
(8) With respect to attorneys who are licensed 
under State laws to carry firearms, the Department 
of Justice’s policy as to— 
(A) carrying the firearm between available 
parking and office buildings; 
(B) securing the weapon at the office build-
ings; and 
(C) equipment and training provided to fa-
cilitate safe storage at Department of Justice fa-
cilities. 
(9) The offices in the Department of Justice that 
are responsible for ensuring the security of the attor-
neys, the organization and staffing of the offices, and 
the manner in which the offices coordinate with of-
fices in specific districts. 
(10) The role, if any, that the United States 
Marshals Service or any other Department of Justice 
component plays in protecting, or providing security 
services or training for, the attorneys. 
SEC. 20. FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION FOR KILLING 
PEACE OFFICERS. 
(a) FLIGHT.—Chapter 49 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 1075. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing peace 
officers 
‘‘Whoever moves or travels in interstate or foreign com-
merce with intent to avoid prosecution, or custody or con-
finement after conviction, under the laws of the place from 
which he flees or under section 1114 or 1123, for a crime 
consisting of the killing, an attempted killing, or a con-
spiracy to kill, an individual involved in crime and juve-
nile delinquency control or reduction, or enforcement of the 
laws or for a crime punishable by section 1114 or 1123, 
shall be fined under this title and imprisoned, in addition 
to any other imprisonment for the underlying offense, for 
any term of years not less than 10.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 49 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1075. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing peace officers.’’. 
SEC. 21. SPECIAL PENALTIES FOR MURDER, KIDNAPPING, 
AND RELATED CRIMES AGAINST FEDERAL 
JUDGES AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS. 
(a) MURDER.—Section 1114 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Whoever’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) If the victim of a murder punishable under this 
section is a United States judge (as defined in section 115) 
or a Federal law enforcement officer (as defined in 115) 
the offender shall be punished by a fine under this title and 
imprisonment for any term of years not less than 30, or 
for life, or, if death results, may be sentenced to death.’’. 
(b) KIDNAPPING.—Section 1201(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘If the victim of the offense punishable under this subsection 
is a United States judge (as defined in section 115) or a 
Federal law enforcement officer (as defined in 115) the of-
fender shall be punished by a fine under this title and im-
prisonment for any term of years not less than 30, or for 
life, or, if death results, may be sentenced to death.’’. 
SEC. 22. MEDIA COVERAGE OF COURT PROCEEDINGS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) The right of the people of the United States 
to freedom of speech, particularly as it relates to com-
ment on governmental activities, as protected by the 
first amendment to the Constitution, cannot be mean-
ingfully exercised without the ability of the public to 
obtain facts and information about the Government 
upon which to base their judgments regarding impor-
tant issues and events. As the United States Supreme