Patrick Underwood Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-36
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2023-01-09
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong><b>Patrick Underwood Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>This bill revises the federal criminal statute that prohibits assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain federal officers or employees.</p> <p>Among other changes, the bill increases the applicable penalties for such offenses.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 36 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2023 Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Estes , and Mr. Bishop of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase certain penalties for assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patrick Underwood Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2023 . 2. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 111. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees (a) In general Whoever knowingly— (1) forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes while performing official duties, (2) makes physical contact with or has the intent to commit another felony while acting under paragraph (1), or (3) uses a deadly or dangerous weapon against (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 while acting under paragraph (1), any officer or employee of the United States or of any agency in any branch of the United States Government (including any member of the uniformed services) while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties, or any person who formerly served as a person defined above on account of the performance of official duties during such person’s term of service shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). (b) Punishment A violation of subsection (a) shall be punished as follows: (1) For a violation of paragraph (1) of such subsection, by a fine under this title of not less than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. (2) For a violation of paragraph (2) of such subsection, by a fine under this title of not less than $2,500 or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both. (3) For a violation of paragraph (3) of such subsection, by a fine under this title of not less than $10,000 or by mandatory imprisonment, or both. .