A bill to make it a Federal crime to kill or assault a fireman or law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties when the offender travels in interstate commerce or uses any facility of interstate commerce for such purposes.

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Makes it a Federal crime to kill or assault a fireman or law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties when the offender travels in interstate commerce or uses any facility of interstate commerce for such purposes. Provides a sentence of up to life imprisonment for killing a fireman or law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties. Provides a sentence of up to 10 years imprisonment, a fine of up to $10,000, or both, for felonious assault on a fireman or law enforcement officer and for conspiracy to kill or feloniously assault a fireman or law enforcement officer. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1116)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 March 1973

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