HR 8049 · 96th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for threats against certain persons protected by the United States Secret Service.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1980-08-28)
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Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the current prohibition against making threats against a President and successors to the Presidency by: (1) including the threat of kidnapping within the scope of such offense; and (2) extending its application to threats against presidential and vice-presidential candidates, spouses of such candidates, and members of the immediate family of the President and Vice President.…
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