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Calendar No. 394 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 994 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the protection of 

community centers with religious affiliation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 1, 2017 

Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. GRAHAM, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

APRIL 26, 2018 

Reported by Mr. GRASSLEY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the 

protection of community centers with religious affiliation, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Religiously 

5 Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY CENTERS WITH RELI2 GIOUS AFFILIATION. 

3 Section 247 of title 18, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting after ‘‘or 

6 attempts’’ the following: ‘‘or threatens’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (c), by inserting after ‘‘or at8 tempts’’ the following: ‘‘or threatens’’; 

9 (3) in subsection (d)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking the 

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

12 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

13 paragraph (5); and 

14 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(4) if damage to or destruction of religious 

17 real property results from the acts committed in vio18 lation of this section, a fine in accordance with this 

19 title or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or 

20 both; and’’; and 

21 (4) in subsection (f), by inserting before the pe22 riod at the end the following: ‘‘, or real property 

23 owned or leased by a nonprofit, religiously affiliated 

24 organization’’. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Religiously 

3 Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY CENTERS WITH RELI5 GIOUS AFFILIATION. 

6 Section 247 of title 18, United States Code, is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after 

9 ‘‘threat of force,’’ the following: ‘‘including by threat 

10 of force against religious real property,’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (d)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

13 by inserting ‘‘or (c)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

15 the end; 

16 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

17 paragraph (5); and 

18 (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(4) if damage to or destruction of property re21 sults from the acts committed in violation of this sec22 tion, which damage to or destruction of such property 

23 is in an amount that exceeds $5,000, a fine in accord24 ance with this title, imprisonment for not more than 

25 3 years, or both; and’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (f), by inserting before the pe2 riod at the end the following: ‘‘, or real property 

3 owned or leased by a nonprofit, religiously affiliated 

4 organization’’. 


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Calendar No. 394 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 994 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 

gious affiliation, and for other purposes. for the protection of community centers with reliAPRIL 26, 2018 

Reported with an amendment 


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