HR 201 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Correctional Officer Protection Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor John E. Sweeney R-NY

Latest action · Feb 12, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 3, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Correctional Officer Protection Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for a 25 percent reduction in drug control and system improvement grants to any State that does not have in effect a law which subjects to specified Federal penalties prescribed for murder and manslaughter (including the death penalty if the killing is a first degree murder) anyone who, while incarcerated, kills a State or local correctional officer: (1) while such officer is engaged in carrying out official duties; (2) because of the nature of such officer's duties; or (3) because of such individual being such an officer.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2001 to Jul 18, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		Mar 28, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 18, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2001
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Feb 12, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 12, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reduce funding if States do not enact legislation that requires the death penalty in certain cases.
Short Titles as Introduced: Correctional Officer Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House

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