HR7898-119

In Committee

National Guard Protective Zone Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 12, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, National Guard Protective Zone Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H0ACA4BB430A34BF1B28BF25BC60EE3BA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Guard Protective Zone Act.
  • Section H1D7F160F8BA744FBA5A3AA3F01EB1BDC: 2. Interference with National Guard protective zone Chapter 67 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section H15C74EA893E6495D8EAEDFC6D37DF053: 1390. Interference with National Guard protective zone In this section, the term posted protective zone means an area around a member of the National Guard—...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, National Guard Protective Zone Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, National Guard Protective Zone Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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federal implementing agencies: ,
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 12, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 12, 2026

Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina (for herself, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"posted protective zone" §H15C74EA893E6495D8EAEDFC6D37DF053

an area around a member of the National Guard— the perimeter of which is not more than 15 feet from the member

"posted protective zone" §H1D7F160F8BA744FBA5A3AA3F01EB1BDC

an area around a member of the National Guard— the perimeter of which is not more than 15 feet from the member

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