Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act amends the State Justice Institute Act to support a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center. The center would give state and local courts technical assistance, training, threat monitoring, standardized reporting, and coordination with law enforcement around threats to judges and court staff.
The bill defines eligible organizations as national nonprofits with expertise in state and local judicial security, courthouse design, public access, court operations, and threat assessment. The State Justice Institute must also report annually to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on threats to state and local judiciary members and court staff.
Who Benefits and How
State judges, local judges, court staff, courthouse security officials, judicial security nonprofits, local law enforcement agencies, and court administrators benefit from centralized threat intelligence, training, best practices, and coordination resources. Congressional judiciary committees benefit from annual data about threat volume, seriousness, and types.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The State Justice Institute must provide financial and technical support, oversee eligible organizations, and submit annual reports. Eligible judicial-security nonprofits must operate the center, train courts, maintain threat reporting systems, and coordinate with law enforcement. Public funds support the new monitoring, training, and reporting functions.
Key Provisions
- Defines eligible judicial-security organizations.
- Authorizes financial and technical support for a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center.
- Requires training and technical assistance for judicial security.
- Supports standardized threat reporting, data collection, and law-enforcement coordination.
- Requires annual reports to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on threats to judges and court staff.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center through the State Justice Institute to improve threat monitoring, training, reporting, and law-enforcement coordination for state and local judges and court staff.
Key Policy Areas
Judiciary, Public Safety, Law Enforcement
Primary Purpose
Creates a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center through the State Justice Institute to improve threat monitoring, training, reporting, and law-enforcement coordination for state and local judges and court staff.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- State judges
- Local judges
- Court staff
- Courthouse security officials
- Judicial security nonprofits
- Local law enforcement agencies
- Congressional judiciary committees
Identified Costs
- State Justice Institute
- Eligible judicial-security nonprofits
- Public funders
- Court administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed SenateReceived in the House.
Held at the desk.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8398-8399; …
Introduced in Senate
Passed Senate (inferred from es version)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Moran, Mr. Hawley, …
Stakeholder Effects
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Congress, State Justice Institute
Positive-direction: Congress
Negative-direction: State Justice Institute
Judicial security nonprofits, National nonprofits specializing in judicial security
Local law enforcement, State and local judges and court staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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