[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 347 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 347

   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

                            January 19, 2011

  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 2011''.

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) 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) 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 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 
                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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