The bill strengthens physical and legal protections for intelligence community sites to deter breaches and protect sensitive information, but expands criminal liability in ways that could penalize accidental entrants, chill protest/speech near sites, and raise enforcement costs for taxpayers.
Federal employees and people who work at or use intelligence community facilities will have increased physical protection from unauthorized entrants and trespassers, reducing immediate safety and facility-access risks.
Taxpayers and federal employees benefit from new criminal penalties (fines and escalating prison terms) that create stronger deterrents against breaches and may reduce theft or exposure of sensitive intelligence information.
People who accidentally enter restricted intelligence community property (visitors or members of the public) could face criminal charges, including jail time for repeat mistakes, increasing the risk of harsh penalties for inadvertent conduct.
Protesters, journalists, and others near marked intelligence sites could face new criminal exposure, raising risks of overcriminalization and chilling lawful speech and protest activity near those sites.
Taxpayers will likely bear higher government costs for increased enforcement, prosecution, and incarceration tied to the new offense.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Establishes a federal criminal offense for unauthorized entry to intelligence-community-controlled property marked closed or restricted, with tiered prison terms up to 10 years and fines.
Creates a new federal crime making it illegal to enter or access property controlled by an intelligence community element that is clearly marked as closed or restricted while in U.S. jurisdiction. The bill sets tiered criminal penalties for repeat offenses—up to 180 days for a first offense, up to 3 years for a second, and up to 10 years for a third or subsequent offense—and allows fines under general federal fines law. It also includes a clerical table-of-contents insertion and a provision establishing an official short title.
Introduced November 20, 2025 by Ronny Jackson · Last progress November 20, 2025