[112th Congress Public Law 98]
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Public Law 112-98
112th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to 
      restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States 
               Code. <<NOTE: Mar. 8, 2012 -  [H.R. 347]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Federal 
Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. 18 USC 1 
note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Restricted Buildings and 
Grounds Improvement Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDING OR GROUNDS.

    Section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
``Sec. 1752. Restricted building 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) the 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) <<NOTE: Definitions.>>  In this section--

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            ``(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 or by 
        Presidential memorandum, when such person has not declined such 
        protection.''.

    Approved March 8, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 347 (S. 1794):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112-9 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 157 (2011):
                                    Feb. 28, considered and passed 
                                        House.
                                                        Vol. 158 (2012):
                                    Feb. 6, considered and passed 
                                        Senate, amended.
                                    Feb. 27, House concurred in Senate 
                                        amendment.

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