[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5136 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5136

To make permanent the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and 
 the Supreme Court Police to provide security beyond the Supreme Court 
                         building and grounds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2000

 Mr. McCollum introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To make permanent the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and 
 the Supreme Court Police to provide security beyond the Supreme Court 
                         building and grounds.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MAKING PERMANENT CERTAIN POLICING AUTHORITY.

    (a) Elimination of Sunset Provision and Reporting Requirement.--
Section 9 of the Act entitled ``An Act relating to the policing of the 
building and grounds of the Supreme Court of the United States'', 
approved August 18, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 13n), is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 9 of such Act is further amended 
in subsection (b) by striking ``are authorized'' and inserting ``is 
authorized''.
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