S3651-119

In Committee

Special Operator Protection Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Special Operator Protection Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Defense, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Special Operator Protection Act of 2026.
  • Section id7f1995701dab4fcc9b8a9ffc74300d32: 2. Protection of special operations personnel Chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 120.Protection of...
  • Section id4a9c467e12b5481baeb5ac45666895ed: 120. Protection of special operations personnel In this section: The term covered person means— a member of the special operations forces; an employee of the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Special Operator Protection Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Defense, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, Special Operator Protection Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Defense Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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federal implementing agencies: ,
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 15, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 15, 2026

Mr. Budd (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Defense Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense

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