112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1794 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDING OR GROUNDS. 

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

6 amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘§ 1752. Restricted building or grounds 

8 ‘‘(a) Whoever— 

9 ‘‘(1) knowingly enters or remains in any re10 stricted building or grounds without lawful authority 

11 to do so; 

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

13 disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business 

14 or official functions, engages in disorderly or disrup15 tive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any re16 stricted building or grounds when, or so that, such 

17 conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly con18 duct of Government business or official functions; 

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

20 or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government busi21 ness or official functions, obstructs or impedes in22 gress or egress to or from any restricted building or 

23 grounds; or 

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

25 violence against any person or property in any re26 stricted building or grounds; 
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1 or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as 

2 provided in subsection (b). 

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

4 is— 

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

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

7 ‘‘(A) the person, during and in relation to 

8 the offense, uses or carries a deadly or dan9 gerous weapon or firearm; or 

10 ‘‘(B) the offense results in significant bod11 ily injury as defined by section 2118(e)(3); and 

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

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

14 ‘‘(c) In this section— 

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

16 means any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise re17 stricted area— 

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

19 the Vice President’s official residence or its 

20 grounds; 

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

22 President or other person protected by the Se23 cret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or 
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1 ‘‘(C) of a building or grounds so restricted 

2 in conjunction with an event designated as a 

3 special event of national significance; and 

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

5 Secret Service’ means any person whom the United 

6 States Secret Service is authorized to protect under 

7 section 3056 of this title or by Presidential memo8 randum, when such person has not declined such 

9 protection.’’. 

Passed the Senate February 6, 2012. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1794 

AN ACT 

To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 

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