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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2780 
To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to restricted 
buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2009 
Mr. ROONEY introduced the following bill; which was 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDINGS OR GROUNDS. 
Section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1752. Restricted buildings or grounds 
‘‘(a) Whoever— 
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‘‘(1) without authority to do so, knowingly en-
ters or remains in any restricted building or 
grounds; 
‘‘(2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or 
disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business 
or official functions, engages in disorderly or disrup-
tive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any re-
stricted building or grounds when, or so that, such 
conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly con-
duct of Government business or official functions; 
‘‘(3) knowingly 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 re-
stricted 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) any person, during and in relation to 
the offense, uses or carries a deadly or dan-
gerous weapon or firearm; or 
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‘‘(B) the offense results in significant bod-
ily 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— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘restricted buildings or grounds’ 
means a posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted 
area of a building or grounds— 
‘‘(A) where the President or other person 
protected by the Secret Service is or will be 
temporarily visiting; or 
‘‘(B) 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 when such person has not 
declined such protection.’’. 
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