Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012

Bill: 112-s-1793
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2011-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: 
 

 
Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), at the request of an appropriate law enforcement official of a state or political subdivision, to assist in the investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in venues such as schools, colleges, universities, nonfederal office buildings, malls, and other public places, and in the investigation of mass killings and attempted mass killings.
 
Defines &quot;mass killings&quot; as three or more killings in a single incident.
 
Authorizes the AG to pay rewards up to $3 million (currently, $2 million), subject to exceptions, pursuant to public advertisements for assistance to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
 
Allows funds available to the AG for the FBI for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States to be used to deploy tactical response, command and control, and other crisis-management assets of the FBI, as appropriate. Requires any such conduct or assistance to be presumptively within the scope of federal office or employment.

action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), at the request of an appropriate law enforcement official of a state or political subdivision, to assist in the investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in venues such as schools, colleges, universities, nonfederal office buildings, malls, and other public places, and in the investigation of mass killings and attempted mass killings. 
 Defines "mass killings" as three or more killings in a single incident. 
 
 Authorizes the AG to pay rewards up to $3 million (currently, $2 million), subject to exceptions, pursuant to public advertisements for assistance to the Department of Justice (DOJ). 
 
 Allows funds available to the AG for the FBI for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States to be used to deploy tactical response, command and control, and other crisis-management assets of the FBI, as appropriate. Requires any such conduct or assistance to be presumptively within the scope of federal office or employment. 

action_date: 2012-12-17
text: 
Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Attorney General (AG), at the request of an appropriate law enforcement official of a state or political subdivision, to assist in the investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in a place of public use, and in the investigation of mass killings and attempted mass killings. 
 
Defines &quot;mass killings&quot; as three or more killings in a single incident.
 
Authorizes the AG to pay rewards of up to $3 million (currently, $2 million), subject to exceptions, for assistance to the Department of Justice (DOJ). 
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), at the request of an appropriate law enforcement official of a state or political subdivision and through deployment of the Secret Service or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to assist in the investigation of violent acts and shootings occurring in a place of public use, and in the investigation of mass killings and attempted mass killings.
 
Requires that any assistance provided under this Act be presumed to be within the scope of federal office or employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2012-12-18
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2012-12-17
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-12-17
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8087)
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 233.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate