S. 2260 · 117th Congress · Senate

A bill to increase the maximum penalties for assaulting Federal officers by 50 percent.

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced
Jun 24, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

This bill 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.

Action Timeline

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  1. JUN 24, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. JUN 24, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

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Judiciary Committee

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Referred: Jun 24, 2021

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