119-s2379

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2379 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2379

To amend the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize the State 
 Justice Institute to provide awards to certain organizations to 
 establish a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 22, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Moran, Mr. Hawley, Mr. 
Whitehouse, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To amend the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize the State 
 Justice Institute to provide awards to certain organizations to 
 establish a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Threats and Attacks on 
Our Judges Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 

Section 202 of the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
10701) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (7) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in paragraph

    (8)
        (B) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (9) `eligible organization' means a national nonprofit 
 organization that--
 ``
        (A) provides technical assistance and training 
 on, and has expertise and national-level experience in, 
 judicial security and safety at the State and local 
 levels;
 ``
        (B) has experience in courthouse design and 
 courthouse security design standards;
 ``
            (C) has an understanding of State judicial 
 operations and public access to judicial services; and
 ``
            (D) has experience working with a wide array of 
 different judges and court systems, including an 
 understanding of the challenges facing trial courts, 
 appellate courts, rural courts, and limited-
 jurisdiction courts at the State and local levels.''.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE JUDICIAL THREAT INTELLIGENCE AND 
 RESOURCE CENTER.

 

Section 206
            (c) of the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 
U.S.C. 10705
            (c) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (14) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) by redesignating paragraph

    (15) as paragraph

    (16) ; and

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (14) the following:
 ``

    (15) to provide financial and technical support to 
 eligible organizations to establish, implement, and operate a 
 State judicial threat and intelligence resource center to--
 ``
        (A) provide technical assistance and training 
 around judicial security, including--
 ``
            (i) providing judicial officer safety 
 education and training for judicial officers, 
 courts, and local law enforcement;
 ``
            (ii) creating resources and guides around 
 judicial security; and
 ``
            (iii) providing physical security 
 assessments for courts, homes, and other 
 facilities where judicial officers and staff 
 conduct court-related business;
 ``
        (B) proactively monitor threats to the safety of 
 State and local judges and court staff;
 ``
            (C) coordinate with Federal, State, and local law 
 enforcement agencies to mitigate threats to the safety 
 of State and local judges and court staff;
 ``
            (D) develop standardized incident reporting and 
 threat evaluation practices for State and local courts 
 in coordination with State and local law enforcement 
 and fusion centers;
 ``
        (E) develop a national database for reporting, 
 tracking, and sharing information about threats and 
 incidents towards judicial officers and court staff at 
 local and State levels with entities working in the 
 interest of judicial security, including State and 
 local law enforcement and fusion centers; and
 ``
        (F) coordinate research to identify, examine, and 
 advance best practices around judicial security.''.

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

 Not later than 1 year after the date on which a State judicial 
threat intelligence and resource center is established under paragraph

    (15) of 

section 206
            (c) of the State Justice Institute Act of 1984, as 
added by 

section 3 of this Act, the State Justice Institute shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives an annual 
report on the number of threats to State and local judiciary members 
and court staff, with breakdown of types of threats and level of 
seriousness.
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