Federal courts, including the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits, have issued decisions with language arguably suggesting that section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is a crime of specific intent rather than a crime of general intent, creating the appearance of a split among the United States courts of appeals. (6) In light of the appearance of a split among the United States courts of appeals described in paragraph (5), it has become necessary for Congress to clarify its original intent that section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is a crime of general intent. (b) Amendment Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Knowledge of defendant In a prosecution for an offense under subsection (a), the Government need not prove that the defendant— (1) knew that the victim of the offense was a person designated in section 1114 or performed official duties during service as a person so designated