A bill to prohibit assaults on State and local law enforcement officers, firemen, and judicial officers.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Makes it a federal offense to: (1) travel in interstate commerce or use an instrumentality of interstate commerce in furtherance of a conspiracy or the actual crime of killing or assaulting any law enforcement officer, fireman, or judicial officer because of his official position; (2) assault or kill such person by means of any dangerous or deadly weapon which has been transported in interstate commerce; or (3) transport in interstate commerce any dangerous or deadly weapon with knowledge that it will be used to assault or kill such person because of his official position. Creates a rebuttable presumption of interstate travel to avoid prosecution if no person is charged with such offense and apprehended within 24 hours after the commission of the offense. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1116)…