PUBLIC LAW 112–98—MAR. 8, 2012 126 STAT. 263 

Public Law 112–98 

112th Congress 

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: 

‘‘§ 1752. Restricted building or grounds 

‘‘(a) Whoever— 

‘‘(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) the 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. 

‘‘(c) In this section— Definitions. 

Federal 

Restricted 

Buildings and 

Grounds 

Improvement Act 

of 2011. 

18 USC 1 note. 

Mar. 8, 2012 

[H.R. 347] 


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126 STAT. 264 PUBLIC LAW 112–98—MAR. 8, 2012 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 347 (S. 1794): 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–9 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 

Vol. 157 (2011): Feb. 28, considered and passed House. 

Vol. 158 (2012): Feb. 6, considered and passed Senate, amended. 

Feb. 27, House concurred in Senate amendment. 

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‘‘(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 or by 

Presidential memorandum, when such person has not declined 

such protection.’’. 

Approved March 8, 2012. 


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