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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 sec-
tion 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.’’. 
SEC. 710. 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 
‘‘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,
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may carry firearms, subject to such regulations as the At-
torney General shall prescribe. Such regulations may pro-
vide for training and regular certification in the use of 
firearms and shall, with respect to justices, judges, bank-
ruptcy judges, and magistrate judges, be prescribed after 
consultation with the Judicial Conference of the United 
States.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 3053 the following:
‘‘3054. Authority of Federal judges and prosecutors to carry firearms.’’.
SEC. 711. PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN ASSAULTS. 
Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘8 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 
years’’ in subsection (a); and 
(2) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘30 
years’’ in subsection (b). 
SEC. 712. PROTECTION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PUBLIC 
SAFETY OFFICERS. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 51 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 1123. Killing of federally funded public safety offi-
cers 
‘‘(a) Whoever kills, or attempts or conspires to kill, 
a federally funded public safety officer while that officer
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is engaged in official duties, or on account of the perform-
ance of official duties, or kills a former federally funded 
public safety officer on account of the past performance 
of official duties, 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 and the offender is pros-
ecuted as a principal, may be sentenced to death. 
‘‘(b) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘federally funded public safety of-
ficer’ means a public safety officer for a public agen-
cy (including a court system, the National Guard of 
a State to the extent the personnel of that National 
Guard are not in Federal service, and the defense 
forces of a State authorized by section 109 of title 
32) that receives Federal financial assistance, of an 
entity that is a State of the United States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, or any territory or possession of the 
United States, an Indian tribe, or a unit of local 
government of that entity; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘public safety officer’ means an 
individual serving a public agency in an official ca-
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pacity, as a judicial officer, as a law enforcement of-
ficer, as a firefighter, as a chaplain, or as a member 
of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘judicial officer’ means a judge or 
other officer or employee of a court, including pros-
ecutors, court security, pretrial services officers, 
court reporters, and corrections, probation, and pa-
role officers; and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘firefighter’ includes an individual 
serving as an official recognized or designated mem-
ber of a legally organized volunteer fire department 
and an officially recognized or designated public em-
ployee member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; 
and 
‘‘(5) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ means 
an individual, with arrest powers, involved in crime 
and juvenile delinquency control or reduction, or en-
forcement of the laws.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item:
‘‘1123. Killing of federally funded public safety officers.’’.
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SEC. 713. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF OFFENSE AND 
OF THE PENALTIES FOR, INFLUENCING OR 
INJURING OFFICER OR JUROR GENERALLY. 
Section 1503 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) so that subsection (a) reads as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) Whoever—
‘‘(A) corruptly, or by threats of force or force, 
endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede a juror 
or officer in a judicial proceeding in the discharge of 
that juror or officer’s duty; 
‘‘(B) injures a juror or an officer in a judicial 
proceeding arising out of the performance of official 
duties as such juror or officer; or 
‘‘(C) corruptly, or by threats of force or force, 
obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, ob-
struct, or impede, the due administration of justice; 
or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as 
provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) As used in this section, the term ‘juror or officer 
in a judicial proceeding’ means a grand or petit juror, or 
other officer in or of any court of the United States, or 
an officer who may be serving at any examination or other 
proceeding before any United States magistrate judge or 
other committing magistrate.’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs 
(1) through (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) in the case of a killing, or an attempt or 
a conspiracy to kill, the punishment provided in sec-
tion 1111, 1112, 1113, and 1117; and 
‘‘(2) in any other case, a fine under this title 
and imprisonment for not more than 30 years.’’. 
SEC. 714. MODIFICATION OF TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS, 
VICTIM, OR AN INFORMANT OFFENSE. 
(a) CHANGES IN PENALTIES.—Section 1512 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a), insert ‘‘or conspires’’ after ‘‘attempts’’; 
(2) so that subparagraph (A) of subsection 
(a)(3) reads as follows: 
‘‘(A) in the case of a killing, the punishment 
provided in sections 1111 and 1112;’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3)—
(A) in the matter following clause (ii) of 
subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘30 years’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘10 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’; 
(4) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘ten years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30 years’’; and