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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 introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDING OR GROUNDS. 

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

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘§ 1752. Restricted building or grounds 

10 ‘‘(a) Whoever— 


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1 ‘‘(1) knowingly enters or remains in any re2 stricted building or grounds without lawful authority 

3 to do so; 

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

5 disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business 

6 or official functions, engages in disorderly or disrup7 tive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any re8 stricted building or grounds when, or so that, such 

9 conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly con10 duct of Government business or official functions; 

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

12 or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government busi13 ness or official functions, obstructs or impedes in14 gress or egress to or from any restricted building or 

15 grounds; or 

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

17 violence against any person or property in any re18 stricted building or grounds; 

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

20 provided in subsection (b). 

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

22 is— 

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

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


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

2 the offense, uses or carries a deadly or dan3 gerous weapon or firearm; or 

4 ‘‘(B) the offense results in significant bod5 ily injury as defined by section 2118(e)(3); and 

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

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

8 ‘‘(c) In this section— 

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

10 means any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise re11 stricted area— 

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

13 the Vice President’s official residence or its 

14 grounds; 

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

16 President or other person protected by the Se17 cret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or 

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

19 in conjunction with an event designated as a 

20 special event of national significance; and 

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

22 Secret Service’ means any person whom the United 

23 States Secret Service is authorized to protect under 


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1 section 3056 of this title when such person has not 

2 declined such protection.’’. 

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