Legislative Outreach
Thin Blue Line Act
This bill would make targeting or killing of a police officer, correctional officer, fire fighter, or
first responder while on duty, makes it an aggravating factor in the death penalty.
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/the-thin-blue-line-act
Prison Cellphone Jamming Reform Act
This bill would provide coverage to jam cellphone signals near federal facilities where inmates are incarcerated. Limiting cellphone signals would deter criminal activity by use of cellphones.
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/prison-cellphone-jamming-reform-act-of-2023-2
Eric’s Law
This bill would allow a new jury to be impaneled if the jury does not reach a unanimous decision in a defendant’s death penalty case.
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Pay Our Correctional Officers Fair
This bill will revise locality pay rates for employees of the BOP located outside of an established General Schedule locality pay area.
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/pay-our-correctional-officers-fairly-act-3
Law Enforcement Tax Fairness for Workers Act
This bill would establish, “above-the-line” deduction for law enforcement for certain employee - related expenses such as union dues, purchase of uniforms and equipment, and certain development classes such as learning a second language.
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/law-enforcement-tax-fairness-for-workers-act
Law Enforcement Officer Fair Retirement Act
This bill would allow officers to elect to have OPM consider the full value of overtime
compensation accrued in calculating their retirement annuity (high 3’s)
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/law-enforcement-officer-fair-retirement-act-2023