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S. 3453

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 3453, the No Bounties on Badges Act, was introduced in the Senate on Dec 11, 2025 by Sen. Rick Scott (R) with 5 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Dec 11, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

S. 3453 has 5 co-sponsors.

sb3453/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S3453 IS: No Bounties on Badges Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-12-11
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 3453  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   December 11, 2025   Mr. Scott of Florida  (for himself,  Mr. Budd ,  Mr. Lee ,  Mr. Ricketts ,  Mr. Kennedy , and  Mr. Graham ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Bounties on Badges Act  .
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 the prevention or frustration of such an act.
 .
(b)
Clerical amendment
The item relating to chapter 204 in the table of chapters for part II of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
   204.  Rewards for information concerning terrorist acts, espionage, or offering of bounties  3071.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-12-11
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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.

Sponsors

Sen. Rick Scott (R) sponsors S. 3453, and 5 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 3453 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Dec 11, 2025

Actions

S. 3453 has taken 2 actions since Dec 11, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 11, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee
Dec 11, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 3453 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 3453, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 3453 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • No Bounties on Badges Act — Display Title
  • No Bounties on Badges Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 6 registered lobbyists who named S. 3453 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Health Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
BENJAMIN STOKES114
DAVID TABOH114
JAMES PASCO114
LAURA GORMALLY114
TIMOTHY RICHARDSON114
MARK MCDONALD111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2026 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2026 first_quarter$100K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2025 fourth_quarter$100K4th Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE2025 fourth_quarter$100K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3453 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3453’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

s3453/policy-areas.txt
Crime and Law EnforcementAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com