Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act

United States116th CongressS-3732Senate
Updated: May 14, 2020

Summary

Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act This bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over criminal conduct involving the killing (or attempted killing) of a federal officer or employee. The United States may prosecute such conduct that occurs outside the United States.

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HR-6864: Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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