An Act to provide more effectively for the regulation of the use of, and for the preservation of safety and order within, the U.S. Capitol Buildings and the U.S. Capitol Grounds.
PL 90-108 (S.2310), enacted 10/20/1967

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Public Law 90-106 
AN A C T 
October 12, 1967 
To amend the marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
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1938, as amended. 
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Be it enacted hy the Semite and Houne of RepreHentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sen- 
Tobacco aiiot-
teiice of section 313(g) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, ""Marketing quota, 
as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
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"Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary 
may convert the national marketing quota into a national acreage 
allotment by dividing the national marketing quota by the national 
average yield for the five years immediately preceding the year in 
which the national marketing quota is proclaimed, and may apportion 
the national acreage allotment, less a reserve of not to exceed 1 per 
centum thereof for new farms, for making corrections in old farm 
acreage allotments, and for adjusting inequities in old farm acreage 
allotments, through the local committees among farms on the basis of 
the factors set forth in subsection (b), using past farm acrea^ and 
past farm acreage allotments for tobacco in lieu of past marketing of 
tobacco; and the Secretary on the basis of the factors set forth in sub-
section (c) and the past tobacco experience of the farm operator, shall 
through the local committees allot that portion of the national acreage 
allotment reserved for new farms among farms on which no tobacco 
was produced or considered produced during the last five years." 
Approved October 12, 1967. 
Public Law 90-107 
AN ACT 
October 12, 1967 
To amend the Act Q
f January 17, 1936 (49 Stat. 1094), reserving certain public 
[s. 2162] 
domain lands in Nevada and Oregon as a grazing reserve for Indians of Fort 
McDermitt, Nevada. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representaiives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress ossemMed^ That the Act of 
Indians. 
January 17, 1936 (49 Stat. 1094), is amended by inserting a comma 
after "southwest quarter section 20; west half". 
Approved October 12, 1967. 
Public Law 90-108 
AN A C T 
October 20, 1967 
To provide more effectively for the regulation of the use of, and for the preserva- 
[s. 2310] 
tion of safety and order within, the United States Capitol Buildings and the 
United States Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That (a) the first g^J^j^" ^^^^^d^ 
section of the Act entitled "An Act to define the area of the United Grounds. 
States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other 
security. 
purposes", approved July 31, 1946 (60 Stat. 718; 40 IT.S.C. 193a; 
D.C. Code 9-118), is amended by— 
(1) inserting therein, immediately after the words "book 127, 
page 8',", the words "including all ad.ditions added thereto by law 
subsequent to June 25, 1946,"; and 
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(2) striking out the words "as defined on the aforementioned 
map". 
Fi'^f™^'«tc., 
(b) Section 6 of that Act (40 U.S.C. 193f; D.C. Code 9-123) is 
prohibition. 
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amended to read as loUows: 
"SEC. 6. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of 
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"(1) Except as authorized by regulations which shall be 
promulgated by the Capitol Police Board: 
"(A) to carry on or have readily accessible to the person 
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of any individual upon the United States Capitol Grounds 
or within any of the Capitol Buildings any firearm, dan-
gerous weapon, explosive, or incendiary device; or 
"(B) to discharge a.ny firearm or explosive, to use any 
dangerous weapon, or to ignite any incendiarv device, upon 
the United States Capitol Grounds or withm any of the 
Capitol Buildings; or 
(C) to transport by any means upon the United States 
Capitol Grounds or within any of the Capitol Buildings any 
explosive or incendiary device; or 
" (2) Knowingly, with force and violence, to enter or to remain 
upon the floor of either House of the Congress. 
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«(2) to enter or to remain upon the floor of either House of the 
Congress, to enter or to remain in any cloakroom or lobby adjacent 
to such floor, or to enter or to remain in the Rayburn Room of the 
House or the Marble Room of the Senate, unless such person is 
authorized, pursuant to rules adopted by that House or pursuant 
to authorization given by that House, to enter or to remain upon 
such floor or in such cloakroom, lobby, or room; 
" (2) to enter or to remain in the g^allery of either House of the 
Congress in violation of rules governing admission to such gallery 
adopted by that House or pursuant to authorization given by that 
House; 
" (3) to enter or to remain in any room within any of the Capitol 
Buildings set aside or designated for the use of either House of 
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the Congress or any Member, committee, subcommittee, officer, 
or employee of the Congress or either House thereof with intent 
to disrupt the orderly conduct of official business; 
"(4) to utter loud, threatening, or abusive language, or 
to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct, at any place 
upon the United States Capitol Grounds or within any of the 
Capitol Buildings with intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the 
orderly conduct of any session of the Congress or either House 
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thereof, or the orderly conduct within any such building of any 
hearing before, or any deliberations of, any committee or sub-
committee of the Congress or either House thereof; 
"(5) to obstruct, or to impede passage through or within, the 
United States Capitol Grounds or any of the Capitol Buildings; 
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"(6) to engage in any act of physical violence upon the United 
States Capitol Grounds or within any of the Capitol Buildings; 
or 
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"(7) to parade, demonstrate, or picket within any of the 
Capitol Buildings. 
"(c) Nothing contained in this section shall forbid any act of any 
Member of the Congress, or any employee of a Member of the Con-
gress, any officer or employee of the Congress or any committee or 
subcommittee thereof, or any officer or employee of either House 
of the Congress or any committee or subcommittee thereof, which is 
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performed in the lawful discharge of his official duties." 
(c) Section 8 of that Act (40 U.S.C. 193h: D.C. Code 9-125) is 
violations. 
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amended to read as follows: 
prosecution 
"SEC. 8. (a) Any violation of section 6(a) of this Act, and any proceedings. 
attempt to commit any such violation, shall be a felony punishable by 
a fine not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment not exceeding five years, 
or both. 
"(b) Any violation of section 2, 3, 4, 5, t)(b), or 7 of this Act, and 
any attempt to commit any such violation, shall be a misdemeanor pun-
ishable by a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding six 
months, or both. 
"(c) Violations of this Act, including attempts or conspiracies to 
commit such violations, shall be prosecuted by the L^nited States attor- 
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ney or his assistants in the name of the United States. None of the gen- 
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eral laws of the United States and none of the laws of the District of 
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Columbia shall be superseded by any provision of this Act. Where the 
conduct violating this A
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joined in a single prosecution. Prosecution for any violation of section 
6(a) or for conduct which constitutes a felony under the general laws 
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of the United States or the laws of the District of Columbia shall be in 
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. All other 
prosecutions for violations of this Act may be in the District of Colum-
bia Court of General Sessions. Whenever any person is convicted of a 
violation of this Act and of the general laws of the United States or 
the laws of the District of Columbia, in a prosecution under this sub-
section, the penalty which may be imposed for such violation is the 
highest penalty authorized by any of the laws for violation of which 
the defendant is convicted." 
(d) Section 16(a) of that Act (40 U.S.C. IQvSm; D.C. Code 9-132) 
go sri;!°7"2i. 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 16. (a) As used in this Act— 
"(1) The term 'Capitol Buildings' means the United States 
Capitol, the Senate and House Office Buildings and garages, the 
Capitol Power Plant, all subways and enclosed passages connect-
ing two or more of such structures, and the real property underly-
ing and enclosed by any such structure. 
"(2) The tertn 'firearm' shall have the same meaning as when 
used in section 1(3) of the Federal Firearms Act (52 Stat. 1252, 
as amended; 15 U.S.C. 901 (3)). 
" (3) The term 'dangerous weapon' includes all articles enumer-
ated in section 14(a) of the Act of July 8, 1932 (47 Stat. 654, as 
amended; D.C. Code 22-3214(a)) and also any device designed to 
expel or hurl a projectile capable of causing injury to persons or 
property, daggers, dirks, stilettoes, and knives having blades over 
three inches in length. 
" (4) The term Explosive' shall have the same meaning as when 
used in section 1(1) of the Act of October 6,1917 (40 Stat. 385, as 
amended; 50U.S.C. 121). 
"(5) The term 'act of physical violence' means any act involv-
ing (1) an assault or any other infliction or threat of infliction of 
death or bodily harm upon any individual, or (2) damage to or 
destruction of any real property or personal property." 
SEC. 2. Section 15 of the Act of July 29,1892 (27 Stat. 325; 40 U.S.C. 
101; p . C . Code 4-120, 22-3111), is amended by deleting "shall, upon 
conviction thereof, be fined not more than $50.", and inserting in lieu 
thereof: "shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more 
than six months, or both." 
67 Stat. 94. 
55 Stat. 863. 
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Applicability. 
gj,(. 3 Prosecutions for violations of the Act of July 31, 1946 (60 
Stat. 718; 40 U.S.C. 193a et seq.; D.C. Code 9-118 et seq.) and of 
section 15 of the Act of July 29,1892 (27 Stat. 325; D.C. Code 4-120, 
22-3111), occurring prior to the enactment of these amendments shall 
not be affected by these amendments or abated by reason thereof. The 
provisions of this Act shall be applicable to violations occurring after 
its enactment. 
Approved October 20, 1967, 11:29 p.m. 
Public Law 90-109 
October 21, 1967 
[H. R. 3979] 
Postal Serv-
ice. 
Tran sportation 
compensation. 
74 Stat. 698. 
AN ACT 
To amend section 6409(b)(1) of title 39, United States Code, which relates 
to transportation compensation paid by the Postmaster General. 
Be it enacted hy the tSenute and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That paragraph 
(1) of section 6409(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "may pay compensation not to exceed eighty cents a 
]30und for letters, post cards and postal cards, and eight cents a pound 
for other articles" and inserting in lieu thereof "may pay compensa-
tion at rates fixed by him". 
Approved October 21, 1967.