SENATE 2260117th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to increase the maximum penalties for assaulting Federal officers by 50 percent.
- Last Action
- 6/24/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2021-06-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-24 (00)
This bill increases the statutory maximum penalties for the following criminal offenses:
- assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain federal officers or employees using a deadly or dangerous weapon or by inflicting bodily injury;
- assaulting a family member of certain federal officials to retaliate against or to impede, intimidate, or interfere with the federal official; and
- assaulting certain former federal officials or their family members to retaliate against the former federal official.
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