Under the law, any building or grounds where the president is visiting — even temporarily — is covered, as is any building or grounds “restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance."
He seems to actually like getting hit with magic fairy dust. Strange that after this new law was passed about protesting near people with secret service protection, Santorum asked for that same protection.
(Washington, D.C.) The “Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act” passed the House of Representatives by a margin of 399 to 3 on Monday and now has unanimously passed the Senate.
This law is meant to do things like trying to get on the White House lawn a felony. Ok, I get that. But it also says causing a disturbance around people with Secret Service protection or “an event designated as a special event of national significance” is a no-no.
So now I’m can face ten years in the slammer for glitter-bombing Santorum?
What the hell, it might be worth it.
HR 347
2-28-11, House Passed Bill (2/3 Required), 399-3
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 347
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 1, 2011
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
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 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) 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.’.
Passed the House of Representatives February 28, 2011.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.
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