119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jul 10, 2025
Back the Blue Act of 2025
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Latest action (Jul 10, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jul 10, 2025)
Back the Blue Act of 2025
This bill establishes new criminal offenses for violent conduct against judicial officers and law enforcement officers and makes related changes. The bill also broadens the authority of certain law enforcement officers to carry firearms.
With respect to new criminal offenses, the bill prohibits killing, attempting to kill, or conspiring to kill a federal judge, a federal law enforcement officer, or a public safety or judicial officer for a state, local, or tribal agency that receives federal funding. The bill also prohibits fleeing to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement for such an offense.
Additionally, the bill prohibits killing former federal judges, former federal law enforcement officers, or former public safety or judicial officers for a state, local, or tribal agency that receives federal funding.
The bill also prohibits certain assaults on state or local law enforcement officers who work for an agency of a state or the District of Columbia that receives federal funding.
The bill limits federal court review of challenges to state court convictions for killing a public safety officer or judge.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · lobbying firm or registrant: STEPTOE LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Act (H.R. 1551 / S. 167); Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 378 / S. 83); Bipartisan Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Expansion Act (H.R. 5391); Back the Blue Act (H.R. 4310 / S. 3366); Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act (H.R. 4024); Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act (S. 419 / H.R. 5282); Fight…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · lobbying firm or registrant: STEPTOE LLP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 19, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Act (H.R. 1551 / S. 167); Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 378 / S. 83); Bipartisan Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Expansion Act (H.R. 5391); Back the Blue Act (H.R. 4310 / S. 3366); Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act (H.R. 5403); Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act (H.R. 4024); Reauthorizing Supp…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · lobbying firm or registrant: STEPTOE LLP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 19, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Act (H.R. 1551 / S. 167); Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 378 / S. 83); Bipartisan Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Expansion Act (H.R. 5391); Back the Blue Act (H.R. 4310 / S. 3366); Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act (H.R. 5403); Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act (H.R. 4024); Reauthorizing Supp…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY · lobbying firm or registrant: LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 10, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…improve the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 4310, the "Back the Blue Act," legislation to establish new criminal offenses for killing, assaulting, and fleeing to avoid prosecution for killing a judge, law enf…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing