Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
To increase the maximum penalties for assaulting Federal officers by 50 percent.
Title: A bill to increase the maximum penalties for assaulting Federal officers by 50 percent.
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: 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.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 24, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2260/all-info
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1 sponsors: Josh Hawley (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 24 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 15 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill