I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2325 
To provide adequate penalties for crimes committed against United States 
judges and Federal law enforcement officers, to provide appropriate secu-
rity for judges and law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2007 
Mr. GOHMERT (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, and Mr. FORBES) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To provide adequate penalties for crimes committed against 
United States judges and Federal law enforcement offi-
cers, to provide appropriate security for judges and law 
enforcement officers, 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 ‘‘Court and Law En-
forcement Officers Protection Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. 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 an offense punishable under this 
section is a United States judge or a Federal law enforce-
ment officer (as those terms are defined in section 115) 
the offender shall be punished by— 
‘‘(1) a fine under this title; and 
‘‘(2)(A) in the case of murder, attempted mur-
der, or conspiracy to murder, imprisonment for any 
term of years not less than 30 years, or for life, or, 
if death results, may be sentenced to death; 
‘‘(B) in the case of voluntary manslaughter, im-
prisonment for a term of years not less than 15 
years nor more than 40 years; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of involuntary manslaughter, 
imprisonment for a term of years not less than 3 
years nor more than 15 years.’’. 
(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 
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this subsection is a United States judge or a Federal law 
enforcement officer (as those terms are defined in section 
115) the offender shall be punished by a fine under this 
title and imprisonment for any term of years not less than 
30 years, or for life, or, if death results, may be sentenced 
to death.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL JUDGES AND PROSECU-
TORS TO CARRY FIREARMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 203 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3053 
the following: 
‘‘§ 3054. Authority of Federal judges and prosecutors 
to carry firearms 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any justice of the United States 
or judge of the United States (as defined in section 451 
of title 28), any judge of a court created under article I 
of the United States Constitution, any bankruptcy judge, 
any magistrate judge, any United States attorney, and 
any other officer or employee of the Department of Justice 
whose duties include representing the United States in a 
court of law, may carry firearms. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall 
prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Such regu-
lations may provide for training and regular certification 
in the use of firearms and shall, with respect to justices, 
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judges, bankruptcy judges, and magistrate judges, be pre-
scribed after consultation with the Judicial Conference of 
the United States.’’. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 926B of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, a law enforcement 
officer of the Amtrak Police Department or a law enforce-
ment or police officer of the executive branch of the Fed-
eral Government qualifies as an employee of a govern-
mental agency who is authorized by law to engage in or 
supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or pros-
ecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any vio-
lation of law, and has statutory powers of arrest.’’. 
(2) RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.— 
Section 926C of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
‘‘was regularly employed as a law enforce-
ment officer for an aggregate of 15 years 
or more’’ and inserting ‘‘served as a law 
enforcement officer for an aggregate of 10 
years or more’’; and 
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(ii) by striking paragraphs (4) and 
(5), and designating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) in those States or for those law enforce-
ment agencies that do not issue the identification or 
certification required by paragraph (1) or (2)— 
‘‘(A) an identification issued by the agency 
from which the individual retired from service 
as a law enforcement officer; 
‘‘(B) a photographic identification issued 
by an agency of the State in which the indi-
vidual resides, such as a driver’s license or a 
State identification card; and 
‘‘(C) a document issued by the State in 
which the individual resides that either certifies 
that the individual is authorized by the laws of 
that State to carry a concealed firearm, or, in 
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those States that do not provide mandatory and 
objective standards for the issuance of such a li-
cense, certifies that the individual has received 
training in the safe handling of firearms or has 
completed a firearms safety or training course 
for security guards or investigators.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) In this section, the term ‘service with a public 
agency as a law enforcement officer’ includes service as 
a law enforcement officer of the Amtrak Police Depart-
ment or as a law enforcement or police officer of the exec-
utive branch of the Federal Government.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 203 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 3053 the 
following: 
‘‘3054. Authority of Federal judges and prosecutors to carry firearms.’’. 
SEC. 4. PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN ASSAULTS. 
Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘8 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘15 years’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘20 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30 years’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND JUDGES.— 
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