Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act

Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act

This bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over the following criminal offenses:

killing (or attempting to kill) a federal officer or employee; assaulting, kidnapping, or murdering (or threatening to do so, or attempting to kidnap or murder) a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees. The United States may prosecute such conduct that occurs outside the United States.