To amend the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize the State Justice Institute to provide awards to certain organizations to establish a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center.
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed SenateMr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Moran, Mr. Hawley, …
Passed Senate (inferred from es version)
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill authorizes the State Justice Institute to provide funding to eligible nonprofit organizations to establish a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center. The center will monitor threats against state and local judges, provide security training, conduct physical security assessments of courthouses and judges' homes, and develop a national database for tracking threats to judicial officers.
Who Benefits and How
State and local judges and court staff benefit from enhanced security monitoring, training, and threat coordination. Courts gain access to security assessments and best practices. Law enforcement benefits from standardized threat reporting and a national threat database.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The State Justice Institute administers the grant funding. Eligible nonprofit organizations operate the center. Annual reporting to Congress is required on threats to state judiciary members.
Key Provisions
- Defines "eligible organization" as national nonprofit with judicial security expertise
- Authorizes funding for State judicial threat intelligence center
- Center provides security training, threat monitoring, physical security assessments
- Creates national database for tracking threats to judicial officers
- Coordinates with federal, state, local law enforcement and fusion centers
- Requires annual reports to Congress on threat statistics
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Authorizes the State Justice Institute to fund a national State judicial threat intelligence and resource center to monitor threats against state and local judges, provide security training, and coordinate with law enforcement.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Address rising threats against judges through centralized monitoring, training, and law enforcement coordination"
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "state_justice_institute"
- → State Justice Institute
- "state_justice_institute"
- → State Justice Institute
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
National nonprofit with judicial security expertise, courthouse design experience, understanding of State judicial operations, and experience with diverse court systems
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