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Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person (i.e., a person other than the probationer) without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe the person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer engaged in the performance of official duties.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1039 as passed House without amendment on May 19, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
May 19, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMay 19, 2017
House May 19, 2017 · the primary vote
Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
Passed
229 Yea 177 Nay 24 not voting
Crossed both parties 70 of 406 voting members broke with their own party: 37 Democrats, 33 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1039 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1039 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
23 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.