(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully threatens to kill, kidnap, or
inflict bodily harm upon -
(1) a former President or a member of the immediate family of a
former President;
(2) a member of the immediate family of the President, the
President-elect, the Vice President, or the Vice President-elect;
(3) a major candidate for the office of President or Vice
President, or a member of the immediate family of such candidate;
or
(4) a person protected by the Secret Service under section
3056(a)(6);
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5
years, or both.
(b) As used in this section -
(1) the term "immediate family" means -
(A) with respect to subsection (a)(1) of this section, the
wife of a former President during his lifetime, the widow of a
former President until her death or remarriage, and minor
children of a former President until they reach sixteen years
of age; and
(B) with respect to subsection (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this
section, a person to whom the President, President-elect, Vice
President, Vice President-elect, or major candidate for the
office of President or Vice President -
(i) is related by blood, marriage, or adoption; or
(ii) stands in loco parentis;
(2) the term "major candidate for the office of President or
Vice President" means a candidate referred to in subsection
(a)(7) of section 3056 of this title; and
(3) the terms "President-elect" and "Vice President-elect" have
the meanings given those terms in section 871(b) of this title.