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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 statu-
tory authority for the longstanding practice of the De-
partment of Justice of providing investigatory assistance 
on request of State and local authorities with respect 
to certain serious violent crimes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Investigative Assist-
ance for Violent Crimes Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED 
MASS KILLING AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES. 
Title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 530C(b)(1)(L)(i), by striking 
‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 
(2) in section 530C(b)(4), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The authority to conduct or assist in 
investigations includes the authority to deploy tac-
tical response, command and control, and other cri-
sis-management assets of the Bureau, as appro-
priate; and any such conduct or assistance shall be 
understood presumptively to be within the scope of 
Federal office or employment.’’; 
(3) in section 540A— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Investigation
of
certain
violent 
crimes;’’ and inserting ‘‘Investigation of 
certain violent crimes’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, in the 
investigation of violent acts and shootings oc-
curring in venues such as schools, colleges, uni-
versities, non-Federal office buildings, malls, 
and other public places, and in the investigation 
of mass killings and attempted mass killings’’ 
after ‘‘traveler’’; and 
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(C) in subsection (c), by adding the fol-
lowing new paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(4)
‘mass
killings’
means
three
or
more 
killings in a single incident.’’; and 
(4) in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 33, by striking the item relating to section 
540A and inserting the following: 
‘‘540A. Investigation of certain violent crimes.’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Investigative Assistance 
for Violent Crimes Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF MASS KILLING OR ATTEMPTED 
MASS KILLING AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES. 
Title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 530C(b)(1)(L)(i), by striking 
‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 
(2) in section 530C(b)(4), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The authority to conduct or assist in 
investigations includes the authority to deploy tac-
tical response, command and control, and other cri-
sis-management assets of the Bureau, as appropriate; 
and any such conduct or assistance shall be under-
stood presumptively to be within the scope of Federal 
office or employment.’’; 
(3) in section 540A— 
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(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘In-
vestigation of violent crimes against 
travelers’’ and inserting ‘‘Investigation of 
certain violent crimes’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, in the 
investigation of violent acts and shootings occur-
ring in venues such as schools, colleges, univer-
sities, non-Federal office buildings, malls, and 
other public places, and in the investigation of 
mass killings and attempted mass killings’’ after 
‘‘traveler’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by adding the fol-
lowing new paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(4) ‘mass killings’ means 3 or more killings in 
a single incident.’’; and 
(4) in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 33, by striking the item relating to section 
540A and inserting the following: 
‘‘540A. Investigation of certain violent crimes.’’. 
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