Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Punishes attacks on law enforcement more severely.
Title: Defend Our Defenders Act of 2020
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make the murder of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer a crime punishable by life in prison or death.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 21, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4630/all-info
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2 sponsors: Kelly Loeffler (R); Tom Cotton (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Sep 21 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 7 2020 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill