18 U.S.C. § 111 : US Code - Section 111: Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees

Search 18 U.S.C. § 111 : US Code - Section 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, where the acts in violation of this section constitute only
simple assault, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than one year, or both, and in all other cases, be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.
(b) Enhanced Penalty. - Whoever, in the commission of any acts
described in subsection (a), uses a deadly or dangerous weapon
(including a weapon intended to cause death or danger but that
fails to do so by reason of a defective component) or inflicts
bodily injury, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not
more than 20 years, or both.