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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Introduced

28 August 1980

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

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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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/8049
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