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01/19/04
Sec. 111. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or
employees
(a) In General. - Whoever -
(1) forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates,
or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this
title while engaged in or on account of the performance of
official duties; or
(2) forcibly assaults or intimidates any person who formerly
served as a person designated in section 1114 on account of the
performance of official duties during such person's term of
service,
shall, where the acts in violation of this section constitute only
simple assault, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than one year, or both, and in all other cases, be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.
(b) Enhanced Penalty. - Whoever, in the commission of any acts
described in subsection (a), uses a deadly or dangerous weapon
(including a weapon intended to cause death or danger but that
fails to do so by reason of a defective component) or inflicts
bodily injury, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not
more than 20 years, or both.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-273, Sec. 11008(b)(1),
substituted "8" for "three" in concluding provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-273, Sec. 11008(b)(2), substituted "20"
for "ten".
1996 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-132 inserted "(including a weapon
intended to cause death or danger but that fails to do so by reason
of a defective component)" after "deadly or dangerous weapon".
1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320101(a)(1), inserted
", where the acts in violation of this section constitute only
simple assault, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than one year, or both, and in all other cases," after "shall" in
concluding provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320101(a)(2), inserted "or
inflicts bodily injury" after "weapon".
1988 - Pub. L. 100-690 amended text generally. Prior to
amendment, text read as follows:
"Whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes,
intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section
1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the
performance of his official duties, shall be fined not more than
$5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
"Whoever, in the commission of any such acts uses a deadly or
dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or
imprisoned not more than ten years, or both."
SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title I, Sec. 11008(a), Nov. 2, 2002,
116 Stat. 1818, provided that: "This section [amending this
section, sections 115 and 876 of this title, and provisions set out
as a note under section 994 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure] may be cited as the 'Federal Judiciary Protection Act of
2002'."
Last modified: April 12, 2006
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