[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2780 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2780

   To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to 
   restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   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 2009''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDINGS OR GROUNDS.

    Section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
``Sec. 1752. Restricted buildings or grounds
    ``(a) Whoever--
            ``(1) without authority to do so, knowingly enters or 
        remains in any restricted building or grounds;
            ``(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 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) any 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--
            ``(1) the term `restricted buildings or grounds' means a 
        posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a 
        building or grounds--
                    ``(A) where the President or other person protected 
                by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily 
                visiting; or
                    ``(B) so restricted in conjunction 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 when 
        such person has not declined such protection.''.
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