No Bounties on Badges Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7114 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7114 To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize awards for the arrest or conviction of individuals that deliberately target law enforcement officials with acts of violence or intimidation, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2026 Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Rutherford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize awards for the arrest or conviction of individuals that deliberately target law enforcement officials with acts of violence or intimidation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Bounties on Badges Act''. SEC. 2. AWARDS AUTHORIZED. (a) In General.--Chapter 204 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the chapter heading by striking ``AND ESPIONAGE'' and inserting ``, ESPIONAGE, AND OFFERING OF BOUNTIES''; and (2) in section 3071, by adding at the end the following: ``(c) With respect to acts of offering a bounty or offering money or other pecuniary compensation for harming or killing of any law enforcement officer of the United States, the Attorney General may reward any individual who furnishes information-- ``(1) leading to the arrest or conviction, in any country, of any individual or individuals for commission of such an act; ``(2) leading to the arrest or conviction, in any country, of any individual or individuals for conspiring or attempting to commit such an act; or ``(3) leading to