Pub. L. 101-647, tit. XXII, sec. 2205
PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OF FIREARMS IN FEDERAL COURT FACILITIES.
SEC. 2205. PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION OF FIREARMS IN FEDERAL COURT FACILITIES. (a) Prohibition.— Section 930 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting “(other than a Federal court facility)” before the second comma; (2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: “(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), whoever knowingly possesses or causes to be present a firearm in a Federal court facility, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both. 104 STAT. 4858 “(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to conduct which is described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (c).”; (4) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection), by adding at the end the following: “(3) The term ‘Federal court facility’ means the courtroom, judges’ chambers, witness rooms, jury deliberation rooms, attorney conference rooms, prisoner holding cells, offices of the court clerks, the United States attorney, and the United States marshal, probation and parole offices, and adjoining corridors of any court of the United States.”; and (5) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection)— (A) by inserting “and notice of subsection (d) shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance to each Federal court facility,” after the first comma; (B) by inserting “or (d)” before “with respect to”; and (C) by inserting “or (d), as the case may be” before the period. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to conduct engaged in after the date of the enactment of this Act.