<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id74401788-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115"><num value="115">§ 115.</num><heading> Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official by threatening or injuring a family member</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id74401789-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/a"><num value="a">(a)</num><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id7440178a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/a/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><chapeau> Whoever—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id7440178b-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/a/1/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1114">section 1114 of this title</ref>; or</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id7440178c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/a/1/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> 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,</content>
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<continuation style="-uslm-lc:I10" class="indent0 firstIndent0">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).</continuation>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id7440178d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/a/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> Whoever assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, any person who formerly served as a person designated in paragraph (1), or 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).</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id7440178e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b"><num value="b">(b)</num><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id7440178f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><chapeau> The punishment for an assault in violation of this section is—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id74401790-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/1/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> a fine under this title; and</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id74401791-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/1/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><clause style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id74401792-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/1/B/i"><num value="i">(i)</num><content> if the assault consists of a simple assault, a term of imprisonment for not more than 1 year;</content>
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<clause style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id74401793-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/1/B/ii"><num value="ii">(ii)</num><content> if the assault involved physical contact with the victim of that assault or the intent to commit another felony, a term of imprisonment for not more than 10 years;</content>
</clause>
<clause style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id74401794-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/1/B/iii"><num value="iii">(iii)</num><content> if the assault resulted in bodily injury, a term of imprisonment for not more than 20 years; or</content>
</clause>
<clause style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id74401795-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/1/B/iv"><num value="iv">(iv)</num><content> if the assault resulted in serious bodily injury (as that term is defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1365">section 1365 of this title</ref>, and including any conduct that, if the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate section 2241 or 2242 of this title) or a dangerous weapon was used during and in relation to the offense, a term of imprisonment for not more than 30 years.</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id74401796-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> A kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kidnap in violation of this section shall be punished as provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1201">section 1201 of this title</ref> for the kidnapping or attempted kidnapping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person described in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1201/a/5">section 1201(a)(5) of this title</ref>.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id74401797-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> A murder, attempted murder, or conspiracy to murder in violation of this section shall be punished as provided in sections 1111, 1113, and 1117 of this title.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id74401798-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/b/4"><num value="4">(4)</num><content> A threat made in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or both, except that imprisonment for a threatened assault shall not exceed 6 years.</content>
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</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id74401799-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/c"><num value="c">(c)</num><chapeau> As used in this section, the term—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id7440179a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/c/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> “Federal law enforcement officer” means any officer, agent, or employee of the United States authorized by law or by a Government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of Federal criminal law;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id7440179b-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/c/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><chapeau> “immediate family member” of an individual means—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id7440179c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/c/2/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> his spouse, parent, brother or sister, child or person to whom he stands in loco parentis; or</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id7440179d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/c/2/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> any other person living in his household and related to him by blood or marriage;</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id7440179e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/c/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> “United States judge” means any judicial officer of the United States, and includes a justice of the Supreme Court and a United States magistrate judge; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id7440179f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/c/4"><num value="4">(4)</num><content> “United States official” means the President, President-elect, Vice President, Vice President-elect, a Member of Congress, a member-elect of Congress, a member of the executive branch who is the head of a department listed in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s101">5 U.S.C. 101</ref>, or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id744017a0-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s115/d"><num value="d">(d)</num><content> This section shall not interfere with the investigative authority of the United States Secret Service, as provided under sections 3056, 871, and 879 of this title.</content>
</subsection>
<sourceCredit id="id744017a1-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/98/473/tII/s1008/a">Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1008(a)</ref>, <date date="1984-10-12">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/98/2140">98 Stat. 2140</ref>; amended <ref href="/us/pl/99/646">Pub. L. 99–646</ref>, §§ 37(a), 60, <date date="1986-11-10">Nov. 10, 1986</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/100/3599">100 Stat. 3599</ref>, 3613; <ref href="/us/pl/100/690/tVI/s6487/f">Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6487(f)[b]</ref>, <date date="1988-11-18">Nov. 18, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/4386">102 Stat. 4386</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/101/647/tXXXV/s3508">Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3508</ref>, <date date="1990-11-29">Nov. 29, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/4922">104 Stat. 4922</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/101/650/tIII/s321">Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321</ref>, <date date="1990-12-01">Dec. 1, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/5117">104 Stat. 5117</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII</ref>, §§ 330016(2)(C), 330021(1), <date date="1994-09-13">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/2148">108 Stat. 2148</ref>, 2150; <ref href="/us/pl/104/132/tVII">Pub. L. 104–132, title VII</ref>, §§ 723(a), 727(b), <date date="1996-04-24">Apr. 24, 1996</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/110/1300">110 Stat. 1300</ref>, 1302; <ref href="/us/pl/107/273/dB/tIV/s4002/b/9">Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(b)(9)</ref>, div. C, title I, § 11008(c), <date date="2002-11-02">Nov. 2, 2002</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/116/1808">116 Stat. 1808</ref>, 1818; <ref href="/us/pl/110/177/tII/s208/a">Pub. L. 110–177, title II, § 208(a)</ref>, <date date="2008-01-07">Jan. 7, 2008</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/121/2538">121 Stat. 2538</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
<notes type="uscNote" id="id744017a2-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="editorialNotes" id="id744017a3-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id744017a4-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2008—Subsec. (b)(1). <ref href="/us/pl/110/177">Pub. L. 110–177</ref> added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “An assault in violation of this section shall be punished as provided in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s111">section 111 of this title</ref>.”</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2002—Subsec. (b)(2). <ref href="/us/pl/107/273/s4002/b/9">Pub. L. 107–273, § 4002(b)(9)</ref>, substituted “or attempted kidnapping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person” for “, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kidnap of a person”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b)(4). <ref href="/us/pl/107/273/s11008/c">Pub. L. 107–273, § 11008(c)</ref>, substituted “10” for “five” and “6” for “three”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). <ref href="/us/pl/104/132/s723/a/1">Pub. L. 104–132, § 723(a)(1)</ref>, inserted “or conspires” after “attempts”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (a)(2). <ref href="/us/pl/104/132/s727/b/1">Pub. L. 104–132, § 727(b)(1)</ref>, which directed insertion of “, or threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, any person who formerly served as a person designated in paragraph (1), or” after “assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts to kidnap or murder”, was executed by making the substitution after “assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder” to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the amendment by <ref href="/us/pl/104/132/s723/a/1">Pub. L. 104–132, § 723(a)(1)</ref>. See below.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><ref href="/us/pl/104/132/s723/a/1">Pub. L. 104–132, § 723(a)(1)</ref>, inserted “or conspires” after “attempts”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b)(2). <ref href="/us/pl/104/132/s723/a/2">Pub. L. 104–132, § 723(a)(2)</ref>, substituted “, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kidnap” for “or attempted kidnapping” in two places.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b)(3). <ref href="/us/pl/104/132/s723/a/3">Pub. L. 104–132, § 723(a)(3)</ref>, substituted “, attempted murder, or conspiracy to murder” and “, 1113, and 1117” for “or attempted murder” and “and 1113”, respectively.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (d). <ref href="/us/pl/104/132/s727/b/2">Pub. L. 104–132, § 727(b)(2)</ref>, added subsec. (d).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1994—Subsec. (b)(2). <ref href="/us/pl/103/322/s330021/1">Pub. L. 103–322, § 330021(1)</ref>, substituted “kidnapping” for “kidnaping” in two places.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b)(4). <ref href="/us/pl/103/322/s330016/2/C">Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(2)(C)</ref>, substituted “fine under this title” for “fine of not more than $5,000”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1990—Subsec. (c)(4). <ref href="/us/pl/101/647">Pub. L. 101–647</ref> substituted “the Central” for “The Central”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1988—Subsec. (a). <ref href="/us/pl/100/690">Pub. L. 100–690</ref> amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Whoever 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1114">section 1114 of this title</ref>, or 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 with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against such official, judge or law enforcement officer while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).”</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1986—Subsec. (a). <ref href="/us/pl/99/646/s60">Pub. L. 99–646, § 60</ref>, substituted “<ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1114">section 1114 of this title</ref>, or 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” for “<ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1114">18 U.S.C. 1114</ref>, as amended,”, “while engaged” for “while he is engaged”, and “official duties” for “his official duties”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b)(2). <ref href="/us/pl/99/646/s37/a">Pub. L. 99–646, § 37(a)</ref>, inserted “for the kidnapping or attempted kidnapping of a person described in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1201/a/5">section 1201(a)(5) of this title</ref>”.</p>
</note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="statutoryNotes" id="id744017a5-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I78" topic="changeOfName" id="id744017a6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">Change of Name</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director’s capacity as the head of the intelligence community deemed to be a reference to the Director of National Intelligence. Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director’s capacity as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency deemed to be a reference to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. See section 1081(a), (b) of <ref href="/us/pl/108/458">Pub. L. 108–458</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t50/s3001">section 3001 of Title 50</ref>, War and National Defense.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">“United States magistrate judge” substituted for “United States magistrate” in subsec. (c)(3) pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/101/650/s321">section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s631">section 631 of Title 28</ref>, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.</p>
</note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I85" topic="transferOfFunctions" id="id744017a7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">Transfer of Functions</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of <date date="2002-11-25">November 25, 2002</date>, as modified, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t6/s542">section 542 of Title 6</ref>.</p>
</note>
</notes>
</section>