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Calendar No. 234 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1794 

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

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2011 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating 

to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United 

States Code. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDING OR GROUNDS. 

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

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘§ 1752. Restricted building or grounds 

5 ‘‘(a) Whoever— 

6 ‘‘(1) knowingly enters or remains in any re7 stricted building or grounds without lawful authority 

8 to do so; 

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

10 disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business 

11 or official functions, engages in disorderly or disrup12 tive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any re13 stricted building or grounds when, or so that, such 

14 conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly con15 duct of Government business or official functions; 

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

17 or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government busi18 ness or official functions, obstructs or impedes in19 gress or egress to or from any restricted building or 

20 grounds; or 

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

22 violence against any person or property in any re23 stricted building or grounds; 

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

25 provided in subsection (b). 


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

2 is— 

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

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

5 ‘‘(A) any the person, during and in relation 

6 to the offense, uses or carries a deadly or dan7 gerous weapon or firearm; or 

8 ‘‘(B) the offense results in significant bod9 ily injury as defined by section 2118(e)(3); and 

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

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

12 ‘‘(c) In this section— 

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

14 means any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise re15 stricted area— 

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

17 the Vice President’s official residence or its 

18 grounds; 

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

20 President or other person protected by the Se21 cret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or 

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

23 in conjunction with an event designated as a 

24 special event of national significance; and 


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

2 Secret Service’ means any person whom the United 

3 States Secret Service is authorized to protect under 

4 section 3056 of this title when such person has not 

5 declined such protection.’’. 

6 ‘‘(2) the term ‘other person protected by the Se7 cret Service’ means any person whom the United 

8 States Secret Service is authorized to protect under 

9 section 3056 of this title or by Presidential memo10 randum, when such person has not declined such pro11 tection.’’. 


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Calendar No. 234 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1794 

A BILL 

To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 

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

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 

Reported with amendments 


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