Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act
USA117th CongressS-921| Senate
| Updated: 11/18/2021
John Cornyn
Republican Senator
Texas
Cosponsors (15)
Jon Ossoff (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Mike Lee (Republican)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Tom Cotton (Republican)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)John Thune (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)
Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act This bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over the following criminal offenses: killing (or attempting to kill) a federal officer or employee; assaulting, kidnapping, or murdering (or threatening to do so, or attempting to kidnap or murder) a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees. The United States may prosecute such conduct that occurs outside the United States.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3930-3931; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3930-3931)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3930-3931; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3930-3931)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Ms. Jackson Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5942-5944)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 921.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5942)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5942)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 117-59.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Assault and harassment offensesCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementJurisdiction and venueLaw enforcement officersProtection of officialsViolent crime
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act
USA117th CongressS-921| Senate
| Updated: 11/18/2021
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act This bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over the following criminal offenses: killing (or attempting to kill) a federal officer or employee; assaulting, kidnapping, or murdering (or threatening to do so, or attempting to kidnap or murder) a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees. The United States may prosecute such conduct that occurs outside the United States.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3930-3931; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3930-3931)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3930-3931; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3930-3931)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Ms. Jackson Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5942-5944)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 921.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5942)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5942)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 117-59.
John Cornyn
Republican Senator
Texas
Cosponsors (15)
Jon Ossoff (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Mike Lee (Republican)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Tom Cotton (Republican)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)John Thune (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)
Judiciary Committee
Crime and Law Enforcement
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Assault and harassment offensesCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementJurisdiction and venueLaw enforcement officersProtection of officialsViolent crime