PROTECTION OF FORMER FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF FORMER FEDERAL OFFICIALS.

SEC. 6487. PROTECTION OF FORMER FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF FORMER FEDERAL OFFICIALS. (a) Former Federal Officials.—Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 111. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees “(a) In General.—Whoever— “(1) forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties; or “(2) forcibly assaults or intimidates any person who formerly served as a person designated in section 1114 on account of the performance of official duties during such person’s term of service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. “(b) Enhanced Penalty.—Whoever, in the commission of any acts described in subsection (a), uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”. (f) Family Members of Former Federal Officials.—Section 115(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a)(1) Whoever— “(A) assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap or murder a member of the immediate family of a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under section 1114 of this title; or “(B) threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under such section. 102 STAT. 4387 with intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with such official, judge, or law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against such official, judge, or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). “(2) Whoever assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts to kidnap or murder a member of the immediate family of any person who formerly served as a person designated in paragraph (1), with intent to retaliate against such person on account of the performance of official duties during the term of service of such person, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).