[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2511 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2511

 To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide the Marshal of the 
 Supreme Court of the United States and Supreme Court Police with the 
   authority to protect the Chief Justice of the United States, any 
 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and other individuals in any 
                   location, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2019

Mr. Graham (for himself and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide the Marshal of the 
 Supreme Court of the United States and Supreme Court Police with the 
   authority to protect the Chief Justice of the United States, any 
 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and other individuals in any 
                   location, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BUILDING AND GROUNDS POLICING 
              AUTHORITY.

    Section 6121 of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``any State'' and 
        inserting ``any location'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Authorization To Carry Firearms.--Duties under subsection 
(a)(2)(A) with respect to an official guest of the Supreme Court in any 
location (other than the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) 
shall be authorized in writing by the Chief Justice or an Associate 
Justice, if those duties require the carrying of firearms under 
subsection (a)(4).''.
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