Rounds Introduces Legislation to Strengthen Penalty for Trespassing on Sensitive Government Sites

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Angus King (I-Maine), both members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today introduced the Intelligence Community Property Security Act of 2025, legislation to establish a specific provision prohibiting unauthorized access to U.S. Intelligence Community property and strengthening the penalty for trespassing on property that is under jurisdiction of the United States intelligence community.

"Having unauthorized personnel trespassing onto some of our nation’s most sensitive sites presents a grave national security risk. We can’t take these offenses lightly,” said Rounds. “Our legislation would strengthen the punishment for repeated offenses and, in turn, better deter those bad actors who may try to infringe on these properties. Now more than ever, it’s critical to protect our intelligence sites from foreign adversaries.”

“The 21st century threat landscape is complicated, but there are some simple and straightforward steps we can take to protect our security and operations — like make sure that our Intelligence Community facilities are not compromised by unauthorized trespassers,” said King. “The bipartisan Intelligence Community Property Security Act would take action to strengthen the penalties for bad actors and offenders attempting to intrude on intelligence sites. It’s commonsense legislation that will help better protect American people and interests.”

Currently, Title 18 of United States Code does not expressly address criminal incursions onto U.S. intelligence community property. Under the Intelligence Community Property Security Act of 2025, Title 18 United States Code would expressly address incursions onto Intelligence Community property, and would revise criminal penalties to address the severity of the crime and the pointed threat repeat offenders pose to U.S. national security interests.

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