§ 1752. — Temporary residences and offices of the President and others.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1752]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 84--PRESIDENTIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL STAFF ASSASSINATION,
KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT
Sec. 1752. Temporary residences and offices of the President and
others
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons--
(1) willfully and knowingly to enter or remain in
(i) any building or grounds designated by the Secretary of
the Treasury as temporary residences of the President or other
person protected by the Secret Service or as temporary offices
of the President and his staff or of any other person protected
by the Secret Service, or
(ii) any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area
of a building or grounds where the President or other person
protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily
visiting,
in violation of the regulations governing ingress or egress thereto:
(2) with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of
Government business or official functions, to engage in disorderly
or disruptive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any building
or grounds designated in paragraph (1) when, or so that, such
conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly conduct of
Government business or official functions;
(3) willfully and knowingly to obstruct or impede ingress or
egress to or from any building, grounds, or area designated or
enumerated in paragraph (1); or
(4) willfully and knowingly to engage in any act of physical
violence against any person or property in any building, grounds, or
area designated or enumerated in paragraph (1).
(b) Violation of this section, and attempts or conspiracies to
commit such violations, shall be punishable by a fine under this title
or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.
(c) Violation of this section, and attempts or conspiracies to
commit such violations, shall be prosecuted by the United States
attorney in the Federal district court having jurisdiction of the place
where the offense occurred.
(d) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized--
(1) to designate by regulations the buildings and grounds which
constitute the temporary residences of the President or other person
protected by the Secret Service and the temporary offices of the
President and his staff or of any other person protected by the
Secret Service, and
(2) to prescribe regulations governing ingress or egress to such
buildings and grounds and to posted, cordoned off, or otherwise
restricted areas where the President or other person protected by
the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting.
(e) None of the laws of the United States or of the several States
and the District of Columbia shall be superseded by this section.
(f) As used in this section, 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.
(Added Pub. L. 91-644, title V, Sec. 18, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1891;
amended Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1, Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1451; Pub. L.
98-587, Sec. 3(b), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3112; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322, which directed the amendment of
this section by substituting ``under this title'' for ``not more than
$500'', was executed in subsec. (b) by substituting ``under this title''
for ``not exceeding $500'' to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
1984--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 98-587 amended subsec. (f) generally,
substituting ``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'' for ``any person authorized by
section 3056 of this title or by Public Law 90-331, as amended, to
receive the protection of the United States Secret Service when such
person has not declined such protection pursuant to section 3056 of this
title or pursuant to Public Law 90-331, as amended''.
1982--Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(a), substituted ``Temporary residences
and offices of the President and others'' for ``Temporary residence of
the President'' in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1)(i). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(b), made one's presence
unlawful at designated temporary residences and temporary offices of any
other person protected by the Secret Service.
Subsec. (a)(1)(ii). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(c), inserted ``or other
person protected by the Secret Service'' after ``President''.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(d), authorized regulations
for designation of the temporary residences and the temporary offices of
any other person protected by the Secret Service.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(e), inserted ``or other
person protected by the Secret Service'' after ``President''.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97-308, Sec. 1(f), added subsec. (f).
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of
the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 381,
551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the
Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25,
2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 3056 of this title.
