,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #ad1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,arrington 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,banks1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4
 ,roy1 ,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 ,long1 ,mrs4    
,hartzler1 and ,mr4 ,estes7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to increase certain      
penalties for assaulting1 resisting1 or 
impeding certain officers or employees1 
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,assaulting1 resisting1 or impeding     
certain officers or employees ,section  
#aaa of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended to read as follows3   
#aaa4 ,assaulting1 resisting1 or        
impeding certain officers or employees  
7a7 ,in general ,whoever knowingly--    
7#a7 forcibly assaults1 resists1        
opposes1 impedes1 intimidates1 or       
interferes while performing official    
duties1  7#b7 makes physical contact    

with or has the intent to commit another
 felony while acting under paragraph    
7#a71 or  7#c7 uses a deadly or         
dangerous weapon against 7including a   
weapon intended to cause death or danger
 but that fails to do so by reason of a 
defective component7 or inflicts bodily 
injury while acting under paragraph     
7#a71  any officer or employee of the   
,united ,states or of any agency in any 
branch of the ,united ,states           
,government 7including any member of the
 uniformed services7 while engaged in or
 on account of the performance of       
official duties1 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 7b74  7b7        
,punishment ,a violation of subsection  
7a7 shall be punished as follows3 7#a7  
,for a violation of paragraph 7#a7 of   
such subsection1 by a fine under this   
title of not less than #a1jjj or by     

imprisonment for not more than #a year1 
or both4  7#b7 ,for a violation of      
paragraph 7#b7 of such subsection1 by a 
fine under this title of not less than  
#b1ejj or by imprisonment for not more  
than #aj years1 or both4  7#c7 ,for a   
violation of paragraph 7#c7 of such     
subsection1 by a fine under this title  
of not less than #aj1jjj or by mandatory
 imprisonment1 or both4  4