A bill to protect Federal judges, Federal prosecutors, and Federal law enforcement officers from violence and doxing.

Bill: 117-s-2247
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-06-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill authorizes a federal judge, prosecutor, or law enforcement officer to list a post office box instead of a home address for any federal, state, or other governmental purpose if there is a risk that the address may be made public. </p> <p>The bill provides funding for the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to implement this authority, including by developing programs to detect when the personal protected information of a federal judge, prosecutor, or law enforcement officer has been made public and remove it from the public domain. </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2247 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 24, 2021 Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To protect Federal judges, Federal prosecutors, and Federal law enforcement officers from violence and doxing.

1. Protecting Federal judges, Federal prosecutors, and Federal law enforcement officers from violence and doxing (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Federal law enforcement officer The term Federal law enforcement officer has the meaning given the term in section 115 of title 18, United States Code. (2) Personal protected information The term personal protected information has the meaning given the term means of identification in section 1028 of title 18, United States Code. (b) Authorization To list post office boxes Section 926B of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Authorization To list post office boxes Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, a Federal judge, Federal prosecutor, or Federal law enforcement officer may list a post office box in lieu of a home address for any Federal, State, or other governmental purpose, if there is a risk that the address may be made public. . (c) Guidance The Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, shall— (1) promulgate regulations and issue guidance to implement subsection (g) of section 926B of title 18, United States Code, as added by subsection (b) of this section; (2) develop and implement programs to— (A) detect when the personal protected information of a Federal judge, Federal prosecutor, or Federal law enforcement officer is made public, including online; and (B) take remedial action to quickly remove the information from the public domain; and (3) develop and implement resources for a Federal judge, Federal prosecutor, or Federal law enforcement officer to— (A) report that the personal protected information of the judge, prosecutor, or officer has been made public, including online; and (B) ascertain what remedial action the Federal agencies have taken. (d) Appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated and is appropriated— (1) $15,000,000 to the Department of Justice to carry out this section; and (2) $25,000,000 to the Department of Homeland Security to carry out this section.