Safer Prisons Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8528 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8528 To increase the criminal penalties for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons correctional officer. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2024 Mr. D'Esposito introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase the criminal penalties for assaulting a Bureau of Prisons correctional officer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Safer Prisons Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ASSAULT ON BUREAU OF PRISONS CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ``(c) Enhanced Penalties for Assault on Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officers.--In the case of any vio…