112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 347
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 1, 2011
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to
restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement
Act of 2011'.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDING OR GROUNDS.
Section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
`Sec. 1752. Restricted building or grounds
`(1) knowingly enters or remains in any restricted building or grounds without
lawful authority to do so;
`(2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct
of Government business or official functions, engages in disorderly or disruptive
conduct in, or within such proximity to, any restricted building or grounds
when, or so that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly
conduct of Government business or official functions;
`(3) knowingly, and with the intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct
of Government business or official functions, obstructs or impedes ingress
or egress to or from any restricted building or grounds; or
`(4) knowingly engages in any act of physical violence against any person
or property in any restricted building or grounds;
or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as provided in subsection
(b).
`(b) The punishment for a violation of subsection (a) is--
`(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 10 years,
or both, if--
`(A) any person, during and in relation to the offense, uses or carries
a deadly or dangerous weapon or firearm; or
`(B) the offense results in significant bodily injury as defined by section
2118(e)(3); and
`(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than one year,
or both, in any other case.
`(1) the term `restricted buildings or grounds' means any posted, cordoned
off, or otherwise restricted area--
`(A) of the White House or its grounds, or the Vice President's official
residence or its grounds;
`(B) of a building or grounds where the President or other person protected
by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or
`(C) of a building or grounds so restricted in conjunction with an event
designated as a special event of national significance; and
`(2) the term `other person protected by the Secret Service' means any person
whom the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect under section
3056 of this title when such person has not declined such protection.'.
Passed the House of Representatives February 28, 2011.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.
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