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Union Calendar No. 2 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 347 

[Report No. 112–9] 

To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to restricted 

buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 19, 2011 

Mr. ROONEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

FEBRUARY 11, 2011 

Additional sponsor: Mr. DEUTCH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating 

to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United 

States Code. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Restricted 

5 Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDINGS OR GROUNDS. 

7 Section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘§ 1752. Restricted buildings or grounds 

10 ‘‘(a) Whoever— 

11 ‘‘(1) knowingly enters or remains in any re12 stricted building or grounds without lawful authority 

13 to do so; 

14 ‘‘(2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or 

15 disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business 

16 or official functions, engages in disorderly or disrup17 tive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any re18 stricted building or grounds when, or so that, such 

19 conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly con20 duct of Government business or official functions; 

21 ‘‘(3) knowingly, and with the intent to impede 

22 or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government busi23 ness or official functions, obstructs or impedes in24 gress or egress to or from any restricted building or 

25 grounds; or 


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1 ‘‘(4) knowingly engages in any act of physical 

2 violence against any person or property in any re3 stricted building or grounds; 

4 or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as 

5 provided in subsection (b). 

6 ‘‘(b) The punishment for a violation of subsection (a) 

7 is— 

8 ‘‘(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for 

9 not more than 10 years, or both, if— 

10 ‘‘(A) any person, during and in relation to 

11 the offense, uses or carries a deadly or dan12 gerous weapon or firearm; or 

13 ‘‘(B) the offense results in significant bod14 ily injury as defined by section 2118(e)(3); and 

15 ‘‘(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for 

16 not more than one year, or both, in any other case. 

17 ‘‘(c) In this section— 

18 ‘‘(1) the term ‘restricted buildings or grounds’ 

19 means any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise re20 stricted area— 

21 ‘‘(A) of the White House or its grounds, or 

22 the Vice President’s official residence or its 

23 grounds; 


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1 ‘‘(B) of a building or grounds where the 

2 President or other person protected by the Se3 cret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or 

4 ‘‘(C) of a building or grounds so restricted 

5 in conjunction with an event designated as a 

6 special event of national significance; and 

7 ‘‘(2) the term ‘other person protected by the 

8 Secret Service’ means any person whom the United 

9 States Secret Service is authorized to protect under 

10 section 3056 of this title when such person has not 

11 declined such protection.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 2 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 347 

[Report No. 112–9] 

A BILL 

To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 

title 18, United States Code. (relating to restricted buildings or grounds) of 

FEBRUARY 11, 2011 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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