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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on November 17, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011 [sic] - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against entering restricted federal buildings or grounds to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly enters any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. Defines "restricted buildings or grounds" as a posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of: (1) the White House or its grounds or the Vice President's official residence or its grounds, (2) a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting, or (3) a building or grounds so restricted due to a special event of national significance.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 347 as public Law on Mar 8, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Feb 28, 2011Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveFeb 27, 2012
House Feb 28, 2011 · the primary vote
Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
399 Yea 3 Nay 30 not voting
Crossed both parties 3 of 402 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 347 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 347 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
3 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.