Former Vice President Protection Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-250
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-01-26
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Protection of officials
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Former Vice President Protection Improvement Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly and willfully threatening to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon former Vice Presidents or members of their immediate families.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 250 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 26, 2015 Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats against former Vice Presidents and members of their families, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Former Vice President Protection Improvement Act of 2015 . 2. Threats against former Vice Presidents Section 879 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) a former Vice President or a member of the immediate family of a former Vice President; ; and (2) in subsection (b)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking subsection (a)(1) and inserting paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) ; and (ii) by inserting or former Vice President after former President each place it appears; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking subsection (a)(2) and (a)(3) and inserting paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) .