Mandatory minimum penalties for assaulting officers and employees of the United States
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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..