HR 2372 · 93th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 18 of the United States Code relating to the assaulting, injuring, or killing of police officers and firemen.
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.(1973-01-18)
Plain Language Summary
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Makes it a Federal offense to travel in interstate commerce or to use any facility of interstate commerce: (1) to assault, injure, or kill any police officer or fireman; (2) to encourage, incite, promote, aid, or abet any other person to assault, injure, or kill any police officer or fireman; or (3) to teach or demonstrate the use, application, or method for manufacture of any dangerous or deadly weapon, explosive, or incendiary device or other technique capable of causing injury or death, knowing that the same will be unlawfully employed for the purpose of assaulting injuring, or killing any police officer or fireman. Prescribes penaltities of imprisonment and fines for such offenses. Authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to pay an amount not to exceed $50,000 for information and services concerning a violation of this Act. Makes it a Federal offense to knowingly advocate, abet, advise, or teach the duty, necessary, desirability, or propriety of attacking or resisting police authority by force, violence, or assassination. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1752; amends 18 U.S.C. 2385.)…
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