Probation Officer Protection Act - H.R. 1039

Did the Vote Pass? Yes
Voted Yea 192
Voted Nay 157
Didn't Vote 22
Voted Present 0

While there is a need to protect law enforcement officers who are performing their duties, the Probation Officer Protection Act is an answer in search of a problem. Interference with a federal probation officer is already unlawful and current law already allows a law enforcement officer to arrest an individual or individuals who obstruct a federal probation officer during the performance of their duties.

The instances in which third parties obstruct a federal probation officer are rare.

While probationers have lost some of their Fourth Amendment rights, third parties have not. The Probation Officer Protection Act could lead to instances in which the Fourth Amendments rights of third parties are infringed because of overly broad language in Section 2(b) or interpretations of words in it, such as “intimidation” or “interference.”

Additionally, the “rules and regulations” under which the arrest authority of federal probation officers will be determined by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, not by Congress. This creates yet another situation in which Congress is relenting its constitutional authority to another branch of the federal government.

Legislator's Votes

Official's Name	Party	District	Voted
Ralph Abraham	Republican	LA-5	Yea
Robert Aderholt	Republican	AL-4	Yea
Rick Allen	Republican	GA-12	Yea
Mark Amodei	Republican	NV-2	Yea
Jodey Arrington	Republican	TX-19	Yea
Don Bacon	Republican	NE-2	Yea
Andy Barr	Republican	KY-6	Yea
Jack Bergman	Republican	MI-1	Yea
Andy Biggs	Republican	AZ-5	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	Republican	FL-12	Yea
Rob Bishop	Republican	UT-1	Yea
Mike Bishop	Republican	MI-8	Yea
Rod Blum	Republican	IA-1	Yea
Mike Bost	Republican	IL-12	Yea
Brendan Boyle	Democrat	PA-2	Yea
Kevin Brady	Republican	TX-8	Yea
Susan Brooks	Republican	IN-5	Yea
Mo Brooks	Republican	AL-5	Yea
Vern Buchanan	Republican	FL-16	Yea
Ken Buck	Republican	CO-4	Yea
Larry Bucshon	Republican	IN-8	Yea
Ted Budd	Republican	NC	Yea
Mike Burgess	Republican	TX-26	Yea
Bradley Byrne	Republican	AL-1	Yea
Ken Calvert	Republican	CA-41	Yea
John Carter	Republican	TX-31	Yea
Buddy Carter	Republican	GA-1	Yea
Matt Cartwright	Democrat	PA-8	Yea
Steve Chabot	Republican	OH-1	Yea
Liz Cheney	Republican	WY-1	Yea
Mike Coffman	Republican	CO-6	Yea
Douglas Collins	Republican	GA-9	Yea
Chris Collins	Republican	NY-27	Yea
Barbara Comstock	Republican	VA-10	Yea
Michael Conaway	Republican	TX-11	Yea
Paul Cook	Republican	CA-8	Yea
Jim Cooper	Democrat	TN-5	Yea
Lou Correa	Democrat	CA-46	Yea
Ryan Costello	Republican	PA-6	Yea
Joe Courtney	Democrat	CT-2	Yea
Kevin Cramer	Republican	ND	Yea
Charlie Crist	Democrat	FL-13	Yea
Henry Cuellar	Democrat	TX-28	Yea
John Culberson	Republican	TX-7	Yea
Rodney Davis	Republican	IL-13	Yea
Peter DeFazio	Democrat	OR-4	Yea
John Delaney	Democrat	MD-6	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	Democrat	CT-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	Republican	TN-4	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	FL-26	Yea
Dan Donovan	Republican	NY-11	Yea
Neal Dunn	Republican	FL-2	Yea
Tom Emmer	Republican	MN-6	Yea
Anna Eshoo	Democrat	CA-16	Yea
Ron Estes	Republican	KS-4	Yea
Randolph Farenthold	Republican	TX-27	Yea
Drew Ferguson	Republican	GA-3	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	Republican	PA-1	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	Republican	TN-3	Yea
Bill Flores	Republican	TX-17	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	Republican	NE-1	Yea
Virginia Foxx	Republican	NC-5	Yea
Matt Gaetz	Republican	FL-1	Yea
Mike Gallagher	Republican	WI-8	Yea
John Garamendi	Democrat	CA-8	Yea
Bob Gibbs	Republican	OH-7	Yea
Louie Gohmert	Republican	TX-1	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	Republican	VA-6	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	Democrat	NJ-5	Yea
Kay Granger	Republican	TX-12	Yea
Sam Graves	Republican	MO-6	Yea
Garret Graves	Republican	LA-6	Yea
Glenn Grothman	Republican	WI-6	Yea
Brett Guthrie	Republican	KY-2	Yea
Andy Harris	Republican	MD-1	Yea
Vicky Hartzler	Republican	MO-4	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	Republican	WA-3	Yea
Jody Hice	Republican	GA-10	Yea
Brian Higgins	Democrat	NY-26	Yea
Clay Higgins	Republican	LA-3	Yea
George Holding	Republican	NC-2	Yea
Trey Hollingsworth	Republican	IN-9	Yea
Richard Hudson	Republican	NC-9	Yea
Bill Huizenga	Republican	MI-4	Yea
Duncan Hunter	Republican	CA-50	Yea
Will Hurd	Republican	TX-23	Yea
Darrell Issa	Republican	CA-48	Yea
Hank Johnson	Democrat	GA-4	Yea
Bill Johnson	Republican	OH-6	Yea
Mike Johnson	Republican	LA-4	Yea
Dave Joyce	Republican	OH-14	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	Democrat	OH-9	Yea
Bill Keating	Democrat	MA-9	Yea
Mike Kelly	Republican	PA-16	Yea
Ron Kind	Democrat	WI-3	Yea
Pete King	Republican	NY-2	Yea
Steve King	Republican	IA-4	Yea
Adam Kinzinger	Republican	IL-16	Yea
Steve Knight	Republican	CA-25	Yea
David Kustoff	Republican	TN-8	Yea
Darin LaHood	Republican	IL-16	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	Republican	CA-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	Democrat	RI-2	Yea
Bob Latta	Republican	OH-5	Yea
Al Lawson	Democrat	FL-5	Yea
Dan Lipinski	Democrat	IL-3	Yea
Billy Long	Republican	MO-7	Yea
Mia Love	Republican	UT-4	Yea
Frank Lucas	Republican	OK-3	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	MO-3	Yea
Stephen Lynch	Democrat	MA-8	Yea
Tom MacArthur	Republican	NJ-3	Yea
Sean Maloney	Democrat		Yea
Kenny Marchant	Republican	TX	Yea
Roger Marshall	Republican	KS	Yea
Brian Mast	Republican	FL-21	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	Republican	CA-20	Yea
Michael McCaul	Republican	TX-10	Yea
Tom McClintock	Republican	CA-5	Yea
Patrick McHenry	Republican	NC-10	Yea
David McKinley	Republican	WV-1	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	WA-5	Yea
Martha McSally	Republican	AZ	Yea
Paul Mitchell	Republican	MI-10	Yea
John Moolenaar	Republican	MI-2	Yea
Markwayne Mullin	Republican	OK	Yea
Stephanie Murphy	Democrat		Yea
Richard Neal	Democrat	MA-1	Yea
Devin Nunes	Republican	CA-22	Yea
Tom O’Halleran	Democrat	AZ-1	Yea
Pete Olson	Republican	TX-22	Yea
Steven Palazzo	Republican	MS-4	Yea
Gary Palmer	Republican	AL-6	Yea
Bill Pascrell	Democrat	NJ-9	Yea
Erik Paulsen	Republican	MN-3	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	Democrat	CO-7	Yea
Collin Peterson	Democrat	MN-7	Yea
Bruce Poliquin	Republican	ME-2	Yea
John Ratcliffe	Republican	TX-4	Yea
Tom Reed	Republican	NY-23	Yea
Tom Rice	Republican	SC-7	Yea
Martha Roby	Republican	AL-2	Yea
Phil Roe	Republican	TN-1	Yea
Hal Rogers	Republican	KY-5	Yea
Mike Rogers	Republican	AL-3	Yea
Francis Rooney	Republican	FL-19	Yea
Jacky Rosen	Democrat	NV	Yea
Keith Rothfus	Republican	PA-12	Yea
David Rouzer	Republican	NC-7	Yea
John Rutherford	Republican	FL-5	Yea
Steve Scalise	Republican	LA-1	Yea
Kurt Schrader	Democrat	OR-5	Yea
Austin Scott	Republican	GA-8	Yea
Jim Sensenbrenner	Republican	WI-5	Yea
Pete Sessions	Republican	TX-17	Yea
John Shimkus	Republican	IL-15	Yea
Mike Simpson	Republican	ID-2	Yea
Kyrsten Sinema	Independent	AZ	Yea
Albio Sires	Democrat	NJ-8	Yea
Adrian Smith	Republican	NE-3	Yea
Chris Smith	Republican	NJ-4	Yea
Lloyd Smucker	Republican	PA-11	Yea
Jackie Speier	Democrat	CA-14	Yea
Elise Stefanik	Republican	NY-21	Yea
Chris Stewart	Republican	UT-2	Yea
Steve Stivers	Republican	OH-15	Yea
Tom Suozzi	Democrat		Yea
Claudia Tenney	Republican	NY-24	Yea
Mike Thompson	Democrat	CA-4	Yea
GT Thompson	Republican	PA-15	Yea
William Thornberry	Republican	TX-13	Yea
Dave Trott	Republican	MI-11	Yea
Mike Turner	Republican	OH-10	Yea
Fred Upton	Republican	MI-6	Yea
David Valadao	Republican	CA-22	Yea
Filemon Vela	Democrat	TX-34	Yea
Tim Walberg	Republican	MI-5	Yea
Greg Walden	Republican	OR-2	Yea
Mark Walker	Republican	NC-6	Yea
Jackie Walorski	Republican	IN-2	Yea
Mimi Walters	Republican	CA-45	Yea
Randy Weber	Republican	TX-14	Yea
Daniel Webster	Republican	FL-11	Yea
Brad Wenstrup	Republican	OH-2	Yea
Bruce Westerman	Republican	AR-4	Yea
Roger Williams	Republican	TX-25	Yea
Joe Wilson	Republican	SC-2	Yea
Steve Womack	Republican	AR-3	Yea
Rob Woodall	Republican	GA-7	Yea
Ted Yoho	Republican	FL-3	Yea
Don Young	Republican	AK-1	Yea
Lee Zeldin	Republican		Yea
Alma Adams	Democrat	NC-12	Nay
Pete Aguilar	Democrat	CA-33	Nay
Justin Amash	Libertarian	MI-3	Nay
Brian Babin	Republican	TX-36	Nay
Jim Banks	Republican	IN-3	Nay
Nanette Barragán	Democrat	CA-44	Nay
Karen Bass	Democrat	CA-37	Nay
Joyce Beatty	Democrat	OH-3	Nay
Ami Bera	Democrat	CA-6	Nay
Don Beyer	Democrat	VA-8	Nay
Sanford Bishop	Democrat	GA-2	Nay
Earl Blumenauer	Democrat	OR-3	Nay
Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democrat	DE-1	Nay
Suzanne Bonamici	Democrat	OR-1	Nay
Anthony Brown	Democrat	MD-4	Nay
Julia Brownley	Democrat	CA-26	Nay
Cheri Bustos	Democrat	IL-17	Nay
G. K. Butterfield	Democrat	NC-1	Nay
Michael Capuano	Democrat	MA-7	Nay
Salud Carbajal	Democrat	CA-24	Nay
André Carson	Democrat	IN-7	Nay
Kathy Castor	Democrat	FL-14	Nay
Joaquin Castro	Democrat	TX-20	Nay
Judy Chu	Democrat	CA-28	Nay
David Cicilline	Democrat	RI-1	Nay
Katherine Clark	Democrat	MA-5	Nay
Yvette Clarke	Democrat	NY-9	Nay
Emanuel Cleaver	Democrat	MO-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	Democrat	SC-6	Nay
Steve Cohen	Democrat	TN-9	Nay
James Comer	Republican	KY-1	Nay
Gerry Connolly	Democrat	VA-11	Nay
Elijah Cummings	Democrat	MD-7	Nay
Warren Davidson	Republican	OH-8	Nay
Danny Davis	Democrat	IL-7	Nay
Susan Davis	Democrat	CA-53	Nay
Diana DeGette	Democrat	CO-1	Nay
Suzan DelBene	Democrat	WA-1	Nay
Mark DeSaulnier	Democrat	CA-10	Nay
Ted Deutch	Democrat		Nay
Debbie Dingell	Democrat	MI-6	Nay
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	TX-37	Nay
Mike Doyle	Democrat	PA-18	Nay
John Duncan	Republican	TN-2	Nay
Eliot Engel	Democrat	NY-16	Nay
Adriano Espaillat	Democrat	NY-13	Nay
Dwight Evans	Democrat	PA-3	Nay
Bill Foster	Democrat	IL-11	Nay
Lois Frankel	Democrat	FL-22	Nay
Tulsi Gabbard	Democrat	HI-2	Nay
Ruben Gallego	Democrat	AZ-3	Nay
Vicente Gonzalez	Democrat	TX-34	Nay
Paul Gosar	Republican	AZ-9	Nay
Tom Graves	Republican	GA-14	Nay
Al Green	Democrat	TX-9	Nay
Gene Green	Democrat	TX-29	Nay
Morgan Griffith	Republican	VA-9	Nay
Raúl Grijalva	Democrat	AZ-7	Nay
Colleen Hanabusa	Democrat	HI-1	Nay
Alcee Hastings	Democrat	FL-20	Nay
French Hill	Republican	AR-2	Nay
Jim Himes	Democrat	CT-4	Nay
Steny Hoyer	Democrat	MD-5	Nay
Jared Huffman	Democrat	CA-2	Nay
Sheila Jackson Lee	Democrat	TX-18	Nay
Pramila Jayapal	Democrat	WA-7	Nay
Hakeem Jeffries	Democrat	NY-8	Nay
Lynn Jenkins	Republican	KS-2	Nay
Eddie Johnson	Democrat	TX-30	Nay
Jim Jordan	Republican	OH-4	Nay
Trent Kelly	Republican	MS-1	Nay
Robin Kelly	Democrat	IL-2	Nay
Joe Kennedy	Democrat	MA-4	Nay
Ro Khanna	Democrat	CA-17	Nay
Ruben Kihuen	Democrat	NV-4	Nay
Dan Kildee	Democrat	MI-8	Nay
Derek Kilmer	Democrat	WA-6	Nay
Raja Krishnamoorthi	Democrat	IL-8	Nay
Annie Kuster	Democrat	NH-2	Nay
Doug Lamborn	Republican	CO-5	Nay
Rick Larsen	Democrat	WA-2	Nay
Brenda Lawrence	Democrat		Nay
Jason Lewis	Republican	MN-2	Nay
John Lewis	Democrat	GA-5	Nay
Ted Lieu	Democrat	CA-36	Nay
Dave Loebsack	Democrat	IA-2	Nay
Barry Loudermilk	Republican	GA-11	Nay
Alan Lowenthal	Democrat	CA-47	Nay
Nita Lowey	Democrat	NY-17	Nay
Ben Luján	Democrat	NM	Nay
Carolyn Maloney	Democrat	NY-12	Nay
Thomas Massie	Republican	KY-4	Nay
Doris Matsui	Democrat	CA-7	Nay
Betty McCollum	Democrat	MN-4	Nay
Donald McEachin	Democrat	VA-4	Nay
Jim McGovern	Democrat	MA-2	Nay
Jerry McNerney	Democrat	CA-9	Nay
Mark Meadows	Republican	NC-11	Nay
Gregory Meeks	Democrat	NY-5	Nay
Grace Meng	Democrat	NY-6	Nay
Alex Mooney	Republican	WV-2	Nay
Gwen Moore	Democrat	WI-4	Nay
Seth Moulton	Democrat	MA-6	Nay
Jerry Nadler	Democrat	NY-12	Nay
Donald Norcross	Democrat	NJ-1	Nay
Robert O'Rourke	Democrat	TX-16	Nay
Frank Pallone	Democrat	NJ-6	Nay
Jimmy Panetta	Democrat	CA-19	Nay
Donald Payne	Democrat	NJ-10	Nay
Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	CA-11	Nay
Scott Perry	Republican	PA-10	Nay
Scott Peters	Democrat	CA-50	Nay
Chellie Pingree	Democrat	ME-1	Nay
Mark Pocan	Democrat	WI-2	Nay
Bill Posey	Republican	FL-8	Nay
David Price	Democrat	NC-4	Nay
Mike Quigley	Democrat	IL-5	Nay
Jamie Raskin	Democrat	MD-8	Nay
Kathleen Rice	Democrat	NY-4	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat		Nay
Raul Ruiz	Democrat	CA-25	Nay
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	MD-2	Nay
Bobby Rush	Democrat	IL-1	Nay
Tim Ryan	Democrat	OH-13	Nay
Linda Sánchez	Democrat	CA-38	Nay
Mark Sanford	Republican	SC-1	Nay
John Sarbanes	Democrat	MD-3	Nay
Jan Schakowsky	Democrat	IL-9	Nay
Adam Schiff	Democrat	CA-30	Nay
Brad Schneider	Democrat	IL-10	Nay
David Schweikert	Republican	AZ-1	Nay
David Scott	Democrat	GA-13	Nay
Bobby Scott	Democrat	VA-3	Nay
Jose Serrano	Democrat	NY-15	Nay
Terri Sewell	Democrat	AL-7	Nay
Carol Shea-Porter	Democrat	NH-1	Nay
Brad Sherman	Democrat	CA-32	Nay
Louise Slaughter	Democrat	NY-25	Nay
Jason Smith	Republican	MO-8	Nay
Adam Smith	Democrat	WA-9	Nay
Darren Soto	Democrat	FL-9	Nay
Mark Takano	Democrat	CA-39	Nay
Scott Tipton	Republican	CO-3	Nay
Dina Titus	Democrat	NV-1	Nay
Paul Tonko	Democrat	NY-20	Nay
Norma Torres	Democrat	CA-35	Nay
Juan Vargas	Democrat	CA-52	Nay
Marc Veasey	Democrat	TX-33	Nay
Nydia Velázquez	Democrat	NY-7	Nay
Pete Visclosky	Democrat	IN-1	Nay
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democrat	FL-25	Nay
Maxine Waters	Democrat	CA-43	Nay
Bonnie Watson Coleman	Democrat	NJ-12	Nay
Peter Welch	Democrat	VT	Nay
Frederica Wilson	Democrat	FL-24	Nay
Rob Wittman	Republican	VA-1	Nay
John Yarmuth	Democrat	KY-3	Nay
Marsha Blackburn	Republican	TN	Missed
Tony Cárdenas	Democrat	CA-29	Missed
Wm. Lacy Clay	Democrat	MO-1	Missed
Tom Cole	Republican	OK-4	Missed
Jim Costa	Democrat	CA-21	Missed
Rick Crawford	Republican	AR-1	Missed
Carlos Curbelo	Republican	FL-26	Missed
Val Demings	Democrat	FL-10	Missed
Jeff Duncan	Republican	SC-3	Missed
T. Gutierrez	Democrat	IL-4	Missed
Sam Johnson	Republican	TX-3	Missed
John Katko	Republican	NY-24	Missed
John Larson	Democrat	CT-1	Missed
Barbara Lee	Democrat	CA-12	Missed
Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	CA-18	Missed
Grace Napolitano	Democrat	CA-31	Missed
Dan Newhouse	Republican	WA-4	Missed
Cedric Richmond	Democrat	LA-2	Missed
Steve Russell	Republican	OK-5	Missed
Eric Swalwell	Democrat	CA-14	Missed
Bennie Thompson	Democrat	MS-2	Missed
Ann Wagner	Republican	MO-2	Missed