119-s1771

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 1771 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1771

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose mandatory minimum 
 penalties for assaulting officers and employees of the United States, 
 and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 14, 2025

 Mr. Moreno introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose mandatory minimum 
 penalties for assaulting officers and employees of the United States, 
 and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Larry Henderson Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTIES FOR ASSAULTING OFFICERS AND 
 EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.

 

Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , in the matter preceding subsection

    (b) , by striking ``only'' and all that follows through the 
 period at the end and inserting ``any bodily harm or bodily 
 injury, be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 
 20 years.'';

    (2) by striking subsection

    (b) ;

    (3) by redesignating subsection
            (c) as subsection

    (b) ; and

    (4) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (c) Exclusive Applicability.--The provisions of this section 
shall apply exclusively to any act of assault, resistance, or 
impediment against any officer or employee of the United States engaged 
in or on account of the performance of official Federal duties.
 ``
            (d) Effect on State Law.--The provisions of this section shall 
supersede any and all State laws insofar as they may now or hereafter 
relate to the assault, resistance, or impediment against any officer or 
employee of the United States engaged in or on account of the 
performance of official Federal duties.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

 

Section 3632
            (d) (4)
            (D) 
            (v) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``

Section 111

    (b) '' and inserting ``

Section 111''.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.

 This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any 
offense committed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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