Protection of officers and employees of the United States
United States Code
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in the case of murder, as provided under section 1111; in the case of manslaughter, as provided under section 1112; or in the case of attempted murder or manslaughter, as provided in section 1113. There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over the conduct prohibited by this section. since the founding of the Nation, officers and employees of the United States Government have dutifully and faithfully served the United States overseas, including in situations that place them at serious risk of death or bodily harm, in order to preserve, protect, and defend the interests of the United States; securing the safety of such officers and employees while serving overseas is of paramount importance and is also in furtherance of preserving, protecting, and defending the interests of the United States; Federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, have correctly interpreted section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, to apply extraterritorially to protect officers and employees of the United States while the officers and employees are serving abroad; in a case involving a violent attack against Federal law enforcement officers Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila, a panel of a Federal court of appeals held that section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, does not apply extraterritorially, creating a split among the United States circuit courts of appeals; in light of the opinion described in paragraph (4), it has become necessary for Congress to clarify the original intent that section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, applies extraterritorially; and it is further appropriate to clarify the original intent that sections 111 and 115 of title 18, United States Code, apply extraterritorially as well.” Whoever kills or attempts to kill any officer or employee of the United States or of any agency in any branch of the United States Government (including any member of the uniformed services) while such officer or employee is engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties, or any person assisting such an officer or employee in the performance of such duties or on account of that assistance, shall be punished— (Source: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 756; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 24, 63 Stat. 93; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 28, 65 Stat. 721; June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, § 402(c), 66 Stat. 276; Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 304(d), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 434; Pub. L. 87–518, § 10, July 2, 1962, 76 Stat. 132; Pub. L. 88–493, § 3, Aug. 27, 1964, 78 Stat. 610; Pub. L. 89–74, § 8(b), July 15, 1965, 79 Stat. 234; Pub. L. 90–449, § 2, Aug. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 611; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(9), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 701(i)(1), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1282; Pub. L. 91–596, § 17(h)(1), Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1607; Pub. L. 93–481, § 5, Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1456; Pub. L. 94–284, § 18, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 514; Pub. L. 94–582, § 16, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2883; Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 704, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 95–616, § 3(j)(2), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3112; Pub. L. 95–630, title III, § 307, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3677; Pub. L. 96–296, § 26(c), July 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 819; Pub. L. 96–466, title VII, § 704, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2216; Pub. L. 97–143, § 1(b), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1724; Pub. L. 97–259, title I, § 128, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1099; Pub. L. 97–365, § 6, Oct. 25, 1982, 96 Stat. 1752; Pub. L. 97–452, § 2(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2478; Pub. L. 98–63, title I, July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 313; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1012, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2142; Pub. L. 98–557, § 17(c), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2868; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7026, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4397; Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 962(a)(6), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 101–647, title XII, § 1205(h), title XVI, § 1606, title XXXV, § 3535, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4831, 4843, 4925; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(f)(2), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 275; Pub. L. 102–365, § 6, Sept. 3, 1992, 106 Stat. 975; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60007, title XXXIII, §§ 330009(c), 330011(g), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1971, 2143, 2145; Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, § 727(a), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1302; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(f)(2), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3499; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(c)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1808; Pub. L. 117–59, § 3(3), Nov. 18, 2021, 135 Stat. 1469.))