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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3815
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide expanded protections 
against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2004
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. HOUGHTON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide expanded 
protections against the misuse of public safety officer 
uniforms, 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 ‘‘Badge and Uniform 
Security and Trustworthiness Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER UNIFORMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 716 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘police badge’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘pub-
lic safety officer insignia or article of clothing’’; 
(2) in each of paragraphs (2) and (4) of sub-
section (a), by striking ‘‘badge of the police’’ and in-
serting ‘‘public safety officer insignia or article of 
clothing’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the badge’’ and inserting 
‘‘the insignia or article of clothing’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4); 
(4) so that subsection (c) reads as follows: 
‘‘(c) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘genuine public safety officer in-
signia or article of clothing’ means an article of dis-
tinctive clothing or insignia, including a badge, em-
blem or identification card, that is an indicium of 
the authority of a public safety officer; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘public safety officer’ means any 
officer or employee of a Federal law enforcement 
agency or of any State, or local law enforcement 
agency; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Federal law enforcement agency’ 
means the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protec-
tion, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs En-
forcement, the Transportation Safety Agency, the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, the Secret Service, the Coast 
Guard, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire-
arms, the Federal Marshal Service, the United 
States Park Police, the United States Capitol Police, 
and any other Federal entity determined to be a law 
enforcement agency by the Attorney General or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security.’’; and 
(5) in the heading for the section, by striking 
‘‘Police badges’’ and inserting ‘‘Public safety officer 
insignia and clothing’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF SEC-
TIONS.—The item in the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, relating to 
section 716 is amended by striking ‘‘Police badges’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Public safety officer insignia and clothing’’. 
SEC. 3. DIRECTION TO SENTENCING COMMISSION. 
The United States Sentencing Commission is directed 
to make appropriate amendments to sentencing guidelines, 
policy statements, and official commentary to assure that 
the sentence imposed on a defendant who is convicted of 
a Federal offense while wearing or displaying public safety 
officer insignia and clothing received in violation of section
716 of title 18. United States Code, reflects the gravity 
of this aggravating factor.
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