,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aejd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1      
#bjai,mr4 ,tillis 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 #bjai4  #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