article: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Public Safety Officers Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) State and local prosecutors are the best equipped prosecutors to prosecute crimes against local and State peace officers. (2) Cases involving the murder of local and State peace officers and subsequent flight to avoid prosecution in the United States implicate Federal interests, and by providing Federal jurisdiction in such cases the Federal Government will be able to provide additional investigatory and prosecutorial resources. (3) The United States should use all reasonable tools available to encourage foreign countries to change their extradition policies so that the possibility of capital punishment or life imprisonment will not interfere with the timely extradition of fugitives of the United States. SEC. 3. 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: ``Sec. 1123. Killing of federally funded or Federal law enforcement officers ``(a) Offense.--Whoever kills, or attempts or conspires to kill, a federally protected safety officer while that officer is engaged in official duties, or on account of the performance of official duties, or kills a former federally protected safety officer on account of the past performance of official duties as such, shall be punished-- ``(1) in the case of murder, as provided under section 1111 but not less than 30 years; ``(2) in the case of attempted murder, as provided in section 1113 but not less than 15 years; or ``(3) in the case of manslaughter, as provided under section 1112. ``(c) Definitions.--As used in this section -- ``(1) the term `federally protected safety officer' means a public safety officer for a public agency (including a court system, the National Guard or 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) if -- ``(A) if the public agency receives, in any one year period, funding, equipment, or benefits in excess of $10,000 under a Federal program involving a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance, and the public agency is of an entity that is a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any territory or possession of the United States, and Indian tribe, or a unit of local government of that entity; or ``(B) the officer was at the time of the offense, engaged in carrying out a program authorized by Federal law or regulation that is executed in whole or in part by non-Federal public safety officers; ``(2) the term `public safety officer' means an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, 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 prosecutors, court security, pretrial services officers, court reporters, and corrections, probation, and parole officers; ``(4) the term `firefighter' includes an individual serving as an official recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department and an officially recognized or designated public employee 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 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 or Federal program public safety officers.''. SEC. 4. FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION FOR KILLING FEDERALLY FUNDED PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. (a) Flight.--Chapter 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 1075. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing federally funded public safety officers ``Whoever moves or travels in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which he flees or under section 1114 or 1123, for a crime consisting of the killing, an attempted killing, or a conspiracy to kill, an individual involved in crime and juvenile delinquency control or reduction, or enforcement of the laws or for a crime punishable by section 1114 or 1123, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned, in addition to any other imprisonment for the underlying offense, for any term of years not less than 10.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``1075. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing peace officers.''.
summary: Justice for Public Safety Officers Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and impose enhanced criminal penalties for: (1) killing (or attempting or conspiring to kill) a federally protected safety officer (or former officer) while such officer is engaged in official duties or on the account of the performance of such duties; and (2) interstate or foreign flight to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement for killing a federally protected safety officer. Defines "federally protected safety officer" as a public safety officer for a public agency that receives annual federal assistance of more than $10,000. Includes within the definition of "federally protected safety officer" judicial officers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, chaplains, and members of a rescue squad or ambulance crew.