[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1382 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1382

  To amend section 1507 of title 18, United States Code, to establish 
   appropriate penalties for obstruction of justice by picketing or 
 parading in or near court buildings or residences of judges, jurors, 
                  witnesses, or other court officers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2023

  Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
   Hagerty, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
Wicker, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 1507 of title 18, United States Code, to establish 
   appropriate penalties for obstruction of justice by picketing or 
 parading in or near court buildings or residences of judges, jurors, 
                  witnesses, or other court officers.

    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 ``Protecting Our Supreme Court 
Justices Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY PICKETING OR PARADING.

    Section 1507 of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the 
first undesignated paragraph, by striking ``one year'' and inserting 
``5 years''.
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