text: 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.''.
target: 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.
feat_title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect federally funded public safety officers.