District of Columbia Code Division IV. Criminal Law and Procedure and Prisoners. § 22-3751.01. Enhanced penalties for committing a crime of violence against transit operators, Metrorail station managers, employees, and passengers.

(a) Any person who commits a crime of violence, as that term is defined in § 23-1331(4), against a transit operator, who, at the time of the offense, is authorized to operate and is operating a mass transit vehicle in the District of Columbia, or against a Metrorail station manager or Metrorail station employee while on duty in the District of Columbia, may be punished by a fine of up to one and 1/2 times the maximum fine otherwise authorized for the offense and may be imprisoned for a term of up to one and 1/2 times the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise authorized by the offense, or both.

(a-1) Any person who commits a crime of violence, as that term is defined in § 23-1331(4), against a passenger of a mass transit vehicle may be punished by a fine of up to one and 1/2 times the maximum fine otherwise authorized for the offense and may be imprisoned for a term of up to one and 1/2 times the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise authorized by the offense, or both.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the term: