To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase certain penalties for assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Aug 14, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 14, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill increases certain criminal penalties for assaulting, resisting, or otherwise interfering with a federal officer or employee who is performing official duties.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 14, 2020 to Sep 17, 2020; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Billy Long | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| R-KS | Ron Estes | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Original | Aug 14, 2020 |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Aug 18, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Aug 18, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Aug 18, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Aug 21, 2020 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Sep 16, 2020 | |
| R-NY | Chris Jacobs | Sep 17, 2020 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Sep 17, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 14, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 14, 2020Introduced in House
- Aug 14, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4437 | Jodey C. Arrington R-TX | Sep 16, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 146, August 14, 2020, page H4237.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 377 | Patrick Underwood Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 5, 2021 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase certain penalties for assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 14, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
