“A bill to amend section 111 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit barricading while evading arrest.”
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This section states congressional findings regarding challenges and dangers faced by law enforcement officers, risks posed by barricading actions that escalate confrontations and prolong standoffs, and sacrifices made by federal law enforcement officers.
This section establishes a new offense of barricading during arrest evasion by inserting a new subsection (c) in 18 U.S.C. 111 (prohibiting forcible assault, resistance, or interference with federal officers). It defines barricading as taking a position in a location that prevents immediate access by a federal law enforcement officer (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 115) while refusing orders to exit or comply, when the person knows or should know the officer seeks to apprehend them. The offense applies to (1) engaging in barricading while forcibly resisting such an officer under subsection (a)(1), or (2) aiding or assisting another person in doing so. Violators face fines, imprisonment for not more than 3 years, or both; or imprisonment for not more than 5 years if the violation (1) creates a risk of or causes serious physical harm to any person, (2) involves possession or claimed possession of a deadly weapon, or (3) leaves a third party present and unable to immediately and safely leave the location. (The prior subsection (c) on extraterritorial jurisdiction is redesignated as subsection (d).)