Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act
Summary
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act This bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over the following criminal offenses: killing (or attempting to kill) a federal officer or employee; assaulting, kidnapping, or murdering (or threatening to do so, or attempting to kidnap or murder) a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees. The United States may prosecute such conduct that occurs outside the United States.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
Oct 2021
Signed into Law
Nov 2021
Introduced Mar 23, 2021
Signed Nov 18, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Nov 18, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Oct 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5942)
lower
May 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3930-3931; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3930-3931)
upper
May 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3930-3931; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3930-3931)
upper
May 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
upper
May 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Mar 23, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Mar 23, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
Co
John Thune
RRepublican
Co
Jon Ossoff
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Hawley
RRepublican
Co
Mike Lee
RRepublican
Co
Patrick J. Leahy
DDemocratic
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
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