Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011
PL 112-98 (H.R.347), enacted 03/08/2012

126 STAT. 263 
PUBLIC LAW 112–98—MAR. 8, 2012 
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. 
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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. 
‘‘(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 conjunc-
tion 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.’’. 
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