(L) July 2007: A protestor in Bremerton, 
Wash., slashed tires of Army recruiting vehicles 
to protest the Iraq war because he ‘‘hated the 
military’’. In Maryland, vandals smashed a 
Rockville Air Force career center. In Lufkin, 
Texas, Navy recruiters were the targets of van-
dals who keyed their cars, smashed their win-
dows and shot at their vehicles with ‘‘what ap-
peared to be a high-powered pellet gun’’. 
(M) August 2007: In Stamford, Conn., a 
protestor twice left a fake bomb package at a 
military recruitment office. 
(N) September 2007: An anti-war group 
calls on followers to commit fraud to interfere 
with military recruiters. Anti-war protestors 
shut down the Times Square recruitment sta-
tion. 
(O) October 2007: An anti-war group de-
faces the Berkeley recruitment office. 
(P) January 2008: Protesters chain them-
selves to the Berkeley recruiting center to shut 
it down, and vandalize the windows with bloody 
handprints 
and 
signs 
branding 
recruiters 
‘‘death pimps’’. 
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(Q) February 2008: Vandals trash the re-
cruiting station at 14th and L Streets in Wash-
ington, DC, which has been subjected to mul-
tiple attacks. 
(R) March 2008: A bomb goes off at the 
Times Square recruitment station. 
(8) In the face of escalating threats against 
military recruiters and facilities, Congress must take 
steps to increase protection of military recruiters 
and those who wish to serve their country in uni-
form. 
SEC. 3. INTERFERENCE WITH MILITARY RECRUITING. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 67 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 1389. Interfering with military recruiting 
‘‘(a) Whoever— 
‘‘(1) by force or threat of force or by physical 
obstruction, injures, intimidates or interferes with or 
attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any 
person because that person is or has been providing 
Federal or State military recruiting services; 
‘‘(2) by force or threat of force or by physical 
obstruction, injures, intimidates or interferes with or 
attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any 
person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise 
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their right to inquire about or volunteer for service 
in the active or reserve armed services of the United 
States or the National Guard of any State; or 
‘‘(3) intentionally damages or destroys the 
property of a facility, or attempts to do so, because 
such facility houses or hosts military recruiting serv-
ices; 
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) The punishment for an offense under this sec-
tion is— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a first offense, a fine under 
this title or imprisonment for not more than one 
year, or both; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a second or subsequent of-
fense after a prior conviction under this section, a 
fine under this title or imprisonment for not more 
than 3 years, or both. 
‘‘(c) In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘facility’ includes the building or 
structure in which recruiting is conducted; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘interfere with’ means to restrict 
any person’s ability or freedom to easily enter or 
leave a recruiting office; 
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‘‘(3) the term ‘intimidate’ means to place a per-
son in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm to 
that person or to another; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘physical obstruction’ means ren-
dering impassable entrance into or exiting from a fa-
cility that provides military recruiting services, or 
rendering passage to or from such a facility unrea-
sonably difficult or hazardous; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘military recruiting services’ 
means the provision by representatives of the Gov-
ernment or of the armed services, to individuals who 
might wish to serve in the armed services, of infor-
mation about military service, assistance in selecting 
a branch of military service, enlistment information, 
or any other necessary assistance needed to join the 
armed services of the United States; and 
‘‘(6) the term ‘State’ means a State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 67 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1389. Interfering with military recruiting.’’. 
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(c) DIRECTION TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.—The 
United States Sentencing Commission, in establishing or 
amending sentencing guidelines with respect to offenses 
under the section added to title 18 by this Act, shall con-
sider the threat posed to national security and the national 
defense by these offenses an aggravating factor so that 
the base levels for punishment for these offenses is greater 
than those for otherwise similar offenses. 
Æ 
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