Law Enforcement Officers Safety Expansion Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5439 To amend title 18, United States Code, to include railroad police officers in the definition of qualified law enforcement officers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 16, 2019 Mr. HICE of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to include railroad police officers in the definition of qualified law enforce- ment officers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement Offi- 4 cers Safety Expansion Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS. 6 (a) QUALIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—Sec- 7 tion 926B(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 8 by inserting after ‘‘agency’’ the following: ‘‘, or a railroad 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:44 Dec 27, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5439.IH H5439 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 5439 IH police officer commissioned or certified by a State pursu- 1 ant to section 28101 of title 49, United States Code,’’. 2 (b) QUALIFIED RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI- 3 CER.—Section 926C(c) of title 18, United States Code, 4 is amended by inserting after ‘‘individual’’ the following: 5 ‘‘, including a railroad police officer commissioned or cer- 6 tified by a State pursuant to section 28101 of title 49, 7 United States Code,’’. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:44 Dec 27, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5439.IH H5439 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS