1.Respect for the funerals of
fallen heroes
(a)Chapter 67 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
1388. Prohibition
on disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed
Forces
(a)For
any funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces that is not
located at a cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration
or part of Arlington National Cemetery, it shall be unlawful for any person to
engage in an activity during the period beginning 60 minutes before and ending
60 minutes after such funeral, any part of which activity—
(1)(A)takes place within the
boundaries of the location of such funeral or takes place within 150 feet of
the point of the intersection between—
(i)the boundary of the location of
such funeral; and
(ii)a road, pathway, or other route of
ingress to or egress from the location of such funeral; and
(B)includes any individual willfully
making or assisting in the making of any noise or diversion that is not part of
such funeral and that disturbs or tends to disturb the peace or good order of
such funeral with the intent of disturbing the peace or good order of that
funeral; or
(2)(A)is within 300 feet of
the boundary of the location of such funeral; and
(B)includes any individual willfully and
without proper authorization impeding the access to or egress from such
location with the intent to impede the access to or egress from such
location.
(b)Any
person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned
for not more than 1 year, or both.
(c)In
this section:
(1)The term
Armed Forces has the meaning given the term in section 101 of
title 10.
(2)The term
funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces means any
ceremony or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of
a member or former member of the Armed Forces.
(3)The term
boundary of the location, with respect to a funeral of a member or
former member of the Armed Forces, means—
(A)in the case of a
funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces that is held at a
cemetery, the property line of the cemetery;
(B)in the case of a
funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces that is held at a
mortuary, the property line of the mortuary;
(C)in the case of a
funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces that is held at a
house of worship, the property line of the house of worship; and
(D)in the case of a
funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces that is held at any
other kind of location, the reasonable property line of that
location.
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(b)The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 67 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item related to section 1387 the
following new item:
1388. Prohibition on
disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed
Forces.
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