,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjag,mr4 ,hatch 7for himself1 ,mrs4    
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 and ,mr4      
,manchin7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend section #cfjf of title
 #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to grant   
probation officers authority to arrest  
hostile third parties who obstruct or   
impede a probation officer in the       
performance of official duties4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,probation ,officer ,protection ,act
 of #bjag4  #b4 ,authority of probation 
officers  7a7 ,in general ,section #cfjf
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended--  7#a7 in the heading1 by     
striking and return of a probationer and
 by inserting authority of probation    
officers2  7#b7 by striking ,if there   
and inserting 7a7 ,if there2 and  7#c7  
by adding at the end the following3  7b7

 ,a probation officer1 while in the     
performance of his or her official      
duties1 may arrest a person without a   
warrant if there is probable cause to   
believe that the person has forcibly    
assaulted1 resisted1 opposed1 impeded1  
intimidated1 or interfered with the     
probation officer1 or a fellow probation
 officer1 in violation of section #aaa4 
,the arrest authority described in this 
subsection shall be exercised under such
 rules and regulations as the ,director 
of the ,administrative ,office of the   
,united ,states ,courts shall prescribe4
  4  7b7 ,table of sections ,the table  
of sections for subchapter ,a of chapter
 #bbi of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by striking the item  
relating to section #cfjf and inserting 
the following3  #cfjf4 ,arrest authority
 of probation officers4  4