‘‘(24) Consult with the United States Marshals 
Service on a continuing basis regarding the security 
requirements for the Judicial Branch, and inform the 
Administrative Office of the measures the Marshals 
Service intends to take to meet those requirements; 
and’’. 
SEC. 14. PROTECTIONS AGAINST MALICIOUS RECORDING 
OF FICTITIOUS LIENS AGAINST A FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEE. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 73 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 1521. Retaliating against a Federal employee by 
false claim or slander of title 
‘‘Whoever, with the intent to harass a person des-
ignated in section 1114 on account of the performance of 
official duties, files, in any public record or in any private 
record which is generally available to the public, any false 
lien or encumbrance against the real or personal property 
of that person, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be 
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, 
or both.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1521. Retaliating against a Federal employee by false claim or slander of title.’’.
SEC. 15. PROHIBITION OF POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS 
WEAPONS IN FEDERAL COURT FACILITIES. 
Section 930(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or other dangerous weapon’’ after 
‘‘firearm’’. 
SEC. 16. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION. 
Section 105(b)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended by striking subparagraph 
(E). 
SEC. 17. PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING CER-
TAIN FEDERAL AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 117. Protection of individuals performing certain 
Federal and federally assisted functions 
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly, and with intent to harm, in-
timidate, or retaliate against a covered official makes re-
stricted personal information about that covered official 
publicly available through the Internet shall be fined under 
this title and imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section 
that the defendant is a provider of Internet services and 
did not knowingly participate in the offense. 
‘‘(c) As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘restricted personal information’ 
means, with respect to an individual, the Social Secu-
rity number, the home address, home phone number, 
mobile phone number, personal email, or home fax 
number of, and identifiable to, that individual; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered official’ means— 
‘‘(A) an individual designated in section 
1114; 
‘‘(B) a public safety officer (as that term is 
defined in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968); or 
‘‘(C) a grand or petit juror, witness, or 
other officer in or of, any court of the United 
States, or an officer who may be serving at any 
examination or other proceeding before any 
United States magistrate judge or other commit-
ting magistrate.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘117. Protection of individuals performing certain Federal and federally assisted 
functions.’’.
SEC. 18. ELIGIBILITY OF COURTS TO APPLY DIRECTLY FOR 
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
DISCRETIONARY 
GRANTS AND REQUIREMENT THAT STATE 
AND 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS 
CONSIDER 
COURTS WHEN APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDS. 
(a) COURTS TREATED AS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS FOR PURPOSES OF DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Sec-
tion 901 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791) is amended in subsection 
(a)(3)— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) 
as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) the judicial branch of a State or of a 
unit of local government within the State for 
purposes of discretionary grants;’’. 
(b) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO CONSIDER 
COURTS.—The Attorney General shall ensure that whenever 
a State or unit of local government applies for a grant from 
the Department of Justice, the State or unit demonstrate 
that, in developing the application and distributing funds, 
the State or unit— 
(1) considered the needs of the judicial branch of 
the State or unit, as the case may be; and