Reauthorizing Security for Supreme Court Justices Act

II Calendar No. 282 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. 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 NOVEMBER 5, 2019 Reported by Mr. GRAHAM, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide the Mar- shal 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 loca- tion, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:41 Nov 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2511.RS S2511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2511 RS SECTION 1. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BUILDING 1 AND GROUNDS POLICING AUTHORITY. 2 Section 6121 of title 40, United States Code, is 3 amended— 4 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘any State’’ 5 and inserting ‘‘any location’’; 6 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 7 following: 8 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY FIREARMS.—Duties 9 under subsection (a)(2)(A) with respect to an official guest 10 of the Supreme Court in any location (other than the Dis- 11 trict of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) shall be au- 12 thorized in writing by the Chief Justice or an Associate 13 Justice, if those duties require the carrying of firearms 14 under subsection (a)(4).’’. 15 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reauthorizing Security 17 for Supreme Court Justices Act’’. 18 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BUILDING AND 19 GROUNDS POLICING AUTHORITY. 20 Section 6121 of title 40, United States Code, is amend- 21 ed— 22 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘any State’’ 23 and inserting ‘‘any location’’; and 24 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 25 following: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:41 Nov 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S2511.RS S2511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 2511 RS ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY FIREARMS.—Duties 1 under subsection (a)(2)(A) with respect to an official guest 2 of the Supreme Court in any location (other than the Dis- 3 trict of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) shall be author- 4 ized in writing by the Chief Justice or an Associate Justice, 5 if those duties require the carrying of firearms under sub- 6 section (a)(4).’’. 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:41 Nov 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S2511.RS S2511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS Calendar No. 282 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2511 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 au- thority 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. NOVEMBER 5, 2019 Reported with an amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:41 Nov 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S2511.RS S2511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS