SENATE 921117th CongressBecame Public Law No: 117-59.

Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act

Last Action: 11/18/2021

Actions

2021-11-18Became Public Law No: 117-59.
2021-11-18Became Public Law No: 117-59.
2021-11-18Signed by President.
2021-11-18Signed by President.
2021-11-09Presented to President.
2021-11-09Presented to President.
2021-10-27Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2021-10-27On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5942)
2021-10-27Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5942)
2021-10-27DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 921.
2021-10-27Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5942-5944)
2021-10-27Ms. Jackson Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2021-06-01Held at the desk.
2021-06-01Received in the House.
2021-05-28Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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CRS Summary

As of 2021-11-18 (49)

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.

Cosponsors (15)

Christopher Coons (D-DE)
Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Josh Hawley (R-MO)
Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
John Thune (R-SD)
Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

Subjects

Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Jurisdiction and venue
Law enforcement officers
Protection of officials
Violent crime

Became law: Pub. L. 117-59

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