No Bounties on Badges Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards for information about offers of money or other compensation to harm or kill a federal law enforcement officer.
Who Benefits and How
Federal law enforcement officers could benefit from stronger deterrence and more incentive for tipsters to report bounty schemes targeting them.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Justice Department would take on additional reward administration costs for qualifying information.
Key Provisions
- Expands federal reward authority to cover bounty offers for harming or killing federal law enforcement officers.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards for information about offers of money or other compensation to harm or kill a federal law enforcement officer.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards for information about offers of money or other compensation to harm or kill a federal law enforcement officer.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal law enforcement officers targeted by bounty schemes
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Justice Department reward funding and administration
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Lee, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
People providing qualifying information about bounty schemes targeting federal law enforcement officers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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