Sec. 12. Responding to terrorist active shooters
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Section 2254 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: For an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court for a crime that involved an act of domestic or international terrorism (as those terms are defined in section 2331 of title 18) or a hate crime (as described in section 249 of title 18)— the application shall be subject to the time limitations and other requirements under sections 2263, 2264, and 2266; and the court shall not consider claims relating to sentencing that were adjudicated in a State court.
Sections 2251, 2262, and 2101 are the exclusive sources of authority for Federal courts to stay a sentence of death entered by a State court in a case described in paragraph (1). . Rule 11 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts is amended by adding at the end the following: Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall not apply to a proceeding under these rules in a case that is described in section 2254(j) of title 28, United States Code. .
Section 2244(b)(3)(E) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the subject of a petition and all that follows and inserting: reheard in the court of appeals or reviewed by writ of certiorari. . This paragraph and the amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to any case pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act. In a case pending on the date of enactment of this Act, if the amendments made by this paragraph impose a time limit for taking certain action, the period of which began before the date of enactment of this Act, the period of such time limit shall begin on the date of enactment of this Act.
The amendments made by this paragraph shall not bar consideration under section 2266(b)(3)(B) of title 28, United States Code, of an amendment to an application for a writ of habeas corpus that is pending on the date of enactment of this Act, if the amendment to the petition was adjudicated by the court prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Section 2006(a)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 607(a)(2) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(I)and
(J)as subparagraphs
(J)and (K), respectively; and by inserting after subparagraph
(H)the following: nationally recognized active shooter training programs that offer scenario-based, integrated response courses designed to counter active shooter threats or acts of terrorism against individuals or facilities by including emergency medical services and other first responders; . Section 2001 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 601 ) is amended by— redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(14)as paragraphs
(2)through (15), respectively; and by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: The term act of terrorism includes an act of international terrorism and an act of domestic terrorism, as those terms are defined in section 2331 of title 18, United States Code. .
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