SEC. 7. FEDERAL REVIEW OF STATE CONVICTION FOR 
MURDER OF A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER OF 
JUDGE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Police Officer Daniel Faulkner Act of 2007’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 2254 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) For an application for a writ of habeas corpus 
on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment 
of a State court for a crime that involved the killing of 
a public safety officer or judge while the public safety offi-
cer or judge was engaged in the performance of official 
duties, or on account of the public safety officer’s or 
judge’s performance of official duties or status as a public 
safety officer or judge— 
‘‘(1) the application shall be subject to the time 
limitations and other requirements under sections 
2263, 2264, and 2266; and 
‘‘(2) the review of the application by the court 
shall be limited to those claims concerning the valid-
ity of the conviction of the applicant for the under-
lying offense for which the applicant is held in cus-
tody. 
‘‘(k) A court shall not consider a claim relating to 
sentencing mitigation that was adjudicated on the merits 
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in a State court, unless a determination that the error is 
not structural is contrary to clearly established Federal 
law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United 
States.’’. 
(c) FINALITY OF REVIEW.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2251 of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(c) STAY OF MATTERS.—This section, section 2262, 
and section 2101 are the exclusive sources of authority 
for Federal courts to stay a sentence of death entered by 
a State court.’’. 
(2) SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE APPLICATIONS.— 
Section 2244(b)(3)(E) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the subject of a peti-
tion’’ and all that follows through the end of the 
subparagraph and inserting the following: ‘‘reheard 
in the court of appeals or reviewed by a writ of cer-
tiorari.’’. 
(3) RULES.—Rule 11 of the Rules Governing 
Section 2254 Cases in the United States District 
Courts is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure does not apply to proceedings under these 
rules.’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply to cases 
pending on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) PENDING CASES.—In a case pending on the 
date of enactment of this Act, if the amendments 
made by this section impose a time limit for taking 
certain action, the period of which began on the date 
of an event that occurred prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the period of such time limit shall 
instead begin on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. BUREAU OF PRISONS FIREARMS POLICY. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
shall make rules to allow correctional officers working for 
the Bureau to carry firearms to and from work and store 
them in appropriate facilities at work. 
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