‘‘(2) the term ‘public safety officer’ means an in-
dividual serving a public agency in an official capac-
ity, as a judicial officer, as a law enforcement officer, 
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 parole offi-
cers; 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 involved in crime and juvenile delin-
quency control or reduction, or enforcement 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.’’.
SEC. 5. GENERAL MODIFICATIONS OF FEDERAL MURDER 
CRIME AND RELATED CRIMES. 
(a) MURDER AMENDMENTS.—Section 1111 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended in subsection (b), by insert-
ing ‘‘not less than 30’’ after ‘‘any term of years’’. 
(b) MANSLAUGHTER AMENDMENTS.—Section 1112(b) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 
years’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 
years’’. 
SEC. 6. 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 amend-
ed— 
(1) so that subsection (a) reads as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) Whoever— 
‘‘(A) corruptly, or by threats of force or force, en-
deavors 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, ob-
structs, 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 pro-
vided 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 
(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. 7. 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 pro-
vided 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 
(5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘one year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 
SEC. 8. MODIFICATION OF RETALIATION OFFENSE. 
Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or con-
spires’’ after ‘‘attempts’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(B)— 
(A) by inserting a comma after ‘‘proba-
tion’’; and 
(B) by striking the comma which imme-
diately follows another comma;
(3) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘20 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years’’; 
(4) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘30 years’’; 
(5) in the first subsection (e), by striking ‘‘10 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years’’; and 
(6) by redesignating the second subsection (e) as 
subsection (f). 
SEC. 9. INCLUSION OF INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION 
AGAINST WITNESSES IN STATE PROSECU-
TIONS AS BASIS FOR FEDERAL PROSECU-
TION. 
Section 1952 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘intimidation of, or 
retaliation against, a witness, victim, juror, or informant,’’ 
after ‘‘extortion, bribery,’’. 
SEC. 10. CLARIFICATION OF VENUE FOR RETALIATION 
AGAINST A WITNESS. 
Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) A prosecution under this section may be brought 
in the district in which the official proceeding (whether or 
not pending, about to be instituted or completed) was in-
tended to be affected or was completed, or in which the con-
duct constituting the alleged offense occurred.’’.