,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dffb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bc1
 #bjbj,mr4 ,graham introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to          
criminalize blocking law enforcement    
officers who have been injured by a     
criminal act or in the line of duty from
 accessing emergency medical services4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,penalizing ,radicals and       
,others who ,thwart ,emergency ,care and
 ,transportation for ,law ,enforcement  
,officers ,act of #bjbj or the ,,protect
 ,law ,enforcement ,officers ,act of    
#bjbj4  #b4 ,preventing law enforcement 
officers from accessing emergency       
medical services  7a7 ,in general       
,chapter #g of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #abj4           
,preventing law enforcement officers    

from accessing emergency medical        
services  7a7 ,definitions ,in this     
section-- 7#a7 the term emergency       
medical services-- 7,a7 means any health
 care services provided under emergency 
conditions2 and  7,b7 includes-- 7i7 any
 personnel1 facilities1 and equipment   
needed for the effective provision of   
services described in subparagraph 7,a72
 and  7ii7 transportation to1 from1 or  
between facilities for the provision of 
services described in subparagraph 7,a72
  7#b7 the term law enforcement officer 
means-- 7,a7 any officer1 agent1 or     
employee of a ,state1 unit of local     
government1 or ,indian ,tribe authorized
 by law or by a government agency to    
engage in or supervise the prevention1  
detection1 or investigation of any      
criminal violation of law1 including    
such an individual who is employed or   
volunteers in a full-time1 part-time1 or
 auxiliary capacity2 and  7,b7 a        
,federal law enforcement officer1 as    
defined in section #aae2 and  7#c7 the  

term line of duty injury means-- 7,a7 an
 injury sustained in the course of-- 7i7
 performance of line of duty activity or
 a line of duty action2 or  7ii7        
authorized commuting2 or  7,b7 any      
injury not described in subparagraph    
7,a7 if the injury was brought about by 
the hostile action of an individual     
where-- 7i7 the individual knew the     
injured party was a law enforcement     
officer2 and  7ii7 nothing motivated the
 hostile action to so great a degree as 
did-- 7,i7 the status of the injured    
party as a law enforcement officer2 or  
7,,ii7 retaliation for line of duty     
activity or a line of duty action       
performed by any law enforcement        
officer4  7b7 ,offense  7#a7 ,in general
 ,it shall be unlawful1 in any          
circumstance described in subsection    
7d71 to knowingly prevent1 or attempt to
 prevent1 a law enforcement officer from
 immediately accessing emergency medical
 services in response to suffering--    
7,a7 bodily injury resulting from a     

criminal act2 or  7,b7 a line of duty   
injury4  7#b7 ,proof requirements ,in a 
prosecution under paragraph 7#a71 the   
,government shall not be required to    
prove knowledge by the defendant that   
the law enforcement officer suffered    
bodily injury resulting from a criminal 
act or a line of duty injury4  7c7      
,penalties ,any person who violates     
subsection 7b7-- 7#a7 shall be fined    
under this title1 imprisoned for not    
more than #bj years1 or both2 and  7#b7 
if the law enforcement officer dies as a
 result of the failure to receive timely
 emergency medical services1 shall be   
fined under this title1 imprisoned for  
any term of years or for life1 or both4 
7d7 ,circumstances described ,the       
circumstances described in this         
subsection are that-- 7#a7 the conduct  
described in subsection 7b7 occurs      
during the course of1 or as the result  
of1 the travel of the defendant or the  
law enforcement officer-- 7,a7 across a 
,state line or national border2 or  7,b7

 using a channel1 facility1 or          
instrumentality of interstate or foreign
 commerce2  7#b7 the defendant uses a   
channel1 facility1 or instrumentality of
 interstate or foreign commerce in      
connection with the conduct described in
 subsection 7b72  7#c7 in connection    
with the conduct described in subsection
 7b71 the defendant employs a firearm1  
dangerous weapon1 explosive or          
incendiary device1 or other weapon that 
has traveled in interstate or foreign   
commerce2 or  7#d7 the conduct described
 in subsection 7b7 otherwise affects    
interstate or foreign commerce4  4  7b7 
,technical and conforming amendment ,the
 table of sections for chapter #g of    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #abj4 ,preventing law       
enforcement officers from accessing     
emergency medical services4  4