,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bc1 #bjbe,mr4 
,harrigan introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
authorize the use of ,national ,guard   
forces for immigration enforcement      
purposes1 to establish criminal         
penalties for assaulting immigration    
enforcement officers1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,guarding ,u4,s4    
,authority for ,removal and ,detention  
,act or the ,,guard ,act4  #b4          
,amendment to the posse comitatus act   
,section #ache of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking ,whoever and inserting 7a7     
,whoever2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new subsection3  7b7     
,exceptions ,subsection 7a7 shall not   
apply to the use of members of the      
,national ,guard--  7#a7 performing     

,state duty under orders issued by the  
,governor of such ,state2 or  7#b7      
performing duty under title #aj or #cb1 
if such members are used exclusively    
for--  7,a7 the enforcement of the      
immigration laws 7as such term is       
defined in section #aja of the          
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4#aaja771 including the         
apprehension or detention of aliens     
unlawfully present in the ,united       
,states1 and the execution of orders of 
removal issued under the immigration    
laws2 or  7,b7 border security          
operations4  4  #c4 ,assaulting         
immigration enforcement personnel  7a7  
,assault on ,federal ,immigration       
,officers or ,state ,law ,enforcement   
,assisting ,immigration ,operations     
,chapter #g of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #aai;,a4        
,assault on immigration enforcement     
officers  7a7 ,whoever knowingly        
assaults1 resists1 opposes1 impedes1    

intimidates1 or interferes with--  7#a7 
any officer or employee of ,u4,s4       
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement1 
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection1
 or any other ,federal immigration      
enforcement agency2 or  7#b7 any ,state 
or local law enforcement officer acting 
under ,federal authority or in active   
assistance of ,federal immigration      
enforcement operations in the           
performance of their official duties1 or
 on account of the performance of such  
duties1  shall be fined under this title
 and imprisoned not less than #e years  
and not more than #bj years4  7b7 ,if   
bodily injury results from the acts     
committed in violation of subsection    
7a71 the term of imprisonment shall be  
not less than #aj years and not more    
than #cj years4  7c7 ,if death results  
from the acts committed in violation of 
subsection 7a71 the offender shall be   
subject to imprisonment for life or the 
death penalty4  4  7b7 ,clerical        
amendment ,the table of sections for    

chapter #g of title #ah1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #aai the   
following3  #aai;,a4 ,assault on        
immigration enforcement officers4  4