dalized Federal property in Washington, DC, across 
from Union Station. 
(7) Pro-Hamas advocates have anonymously 
vandalized multiple memorials and commemorative 
statues across Washington, DC, including the Lin-
coln Memorial and the General Lafayette Statue 
outside of the White House. 
(8) Anonymous bomb threats to synagogues 
dramatically increased in the months following 
Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. 
(9) Police officers disbanding unlawful assem-
blies have been subjected to violent confrontations by 
masked protestors. 
(10) Masked protests have repeatedly led to the 
desecration of public property. 
SEC. 3. INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTED RIGHTS WHILE 
IN DISGUISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 250 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 251. Interference with protected rights while in 
disguise 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, whether or not acting 
under color of law, while in disguise, including while wear-
ing a mask, injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates 
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any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Pos-
session, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of 
any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution 
or laws of the United States, or because of his having so 
exercised the same, shall be fined under this title, impris-
oned not more than 15 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed so as to deter any law enforcement 
officer from lawfully carrying out the duties of his office; 
and no law enforcement officer shall be considered to be 
in violation of this section for lawfully carrying out the 
duties of his office or lawfully enforcing ordinances and 
laws of the United States, the District of Columbia, any 
of the several States, or any political subdivision of a 
State. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 
‘law enforcement officer’ means any officer of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, a State, or political sub-
division of a State, who is empowered by law to conduct 
investigations of, or make arrests because of, offenses 
against the United States, the District of Columbia, a 
State, or a political subdivision of a State.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 250 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘251. Interference with protected rights while in disguise.’’. 
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SEC. 4. DESTROYING BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY WITHIN 
SPECIAL MARITIME AND TERRITORIAL JU-
RISDICTION WHILE IN DISGUISE. 
Section 1363 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Whoever, 
during the commission of an offense under this section, 
wears a disguise, including a mask, shall, in addition to 
any term of imprisonment otherwise imposed under this 
section, be imprisoned for 2 years.’’. 
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