119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 3366: Back the Blue Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill establishes new criminal offenses for violent conduct against judicial officers and law enforcement officers and makes related changes. The bill also broadens the authority of certain law enforcement officers to carry firearms.
Specifically, the bill prohibits killing, attempting to kill, or conspiring to kill a federal judge, a federal law enforcement officer, or a public safety or judicial officer for a state, local, or tribal agency that receives federal funding. The bill also prohibits fleeing to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement for an offense.
Additionally, the bill prohibits killing former federal judges, former federal law enforcement officers, or former public safety or judicial officers for state, local, or tribal agencies that receive federal funding.
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The bill also prohibits certain assaults on state or local law enforcement officers for state (or District of Columbia) agencies that receive federal funding.
The bill limits federal court review of challenges to state court convictions for killing a public safety officer or judge. The bill also limits the recoverability of damages and attorney's fees in a proceeding to enforce a civil rights violation during or relating to conduct by the injured person that constitutes a felony or crime of violence.
The bill allows federal, state, and local law enforcement officers to carry firearms if authorized by law. The bill also allows qualified law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms and ammunition (including magazines) in school zones and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- John Boozman R-AROriginal
- Marsha Blackburn R-TNOriginal
- John Barrasso R-WYOriginal
- Jim Banks R-INOriginal
- Ted Budd R-NCOriginal
- Katie Britt R-ALOriginal
- Michael Crapo R-IDOriginal
- Shelley Capito R-WVOriginal
- Bill Cassidy R-LAOriginal
- Kevin Cramer R-NDOriginal
- Ted Cruz R-TXOriginal
- Steve Daines R-MTOriginal
- Joni Ernst R-IAOriginal
- Deb Fischer R-NEOriginal
- Lindsey Graham R-SCOriginal
- Charles Grassley R-IAOriginal
- Bill Hagerty R-TNOriginal
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSOriginal
- Jim Justice R-WVOriginal
- John Kennedy R-LAOriginal
- Cynthia Lummis R-WYOriginal
- James Lankford R-OKOriginal
- Mike Lee R-UTOriginal
- Markwayne Mullin R-OKOriginal
- Roger Marshall R-KSOriginal
- Dave McCormick R-PAOriginal
- James Risch R-IDOriginal
- Mike Rounds R-SDOriginal
- Pete Ricketts R-NEOriginal
- Tim Scott R-SCOriginal
- Rick Scott R-FLOriginal
- Tim Sheehy R-MTOriginal
- Tommy Tuberville R-ALOriginal
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
- Todd Young R-INOriginal
- Dan Sullivan R-AK
- Ashley Moody R-FL
- John Hoeven R-ND
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by John Cornyn.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.