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Union Calendar No. 338 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1730 

[Report No. 115–456] 

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

community centers with religious affiliation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 27, 2017 

Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. KILMER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. POE

of Texas, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

DECEMBER 11, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. COHEN, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. 

DELBENE, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. ROSEN, 

Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. BYRNE, 

Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM

of New Mexico, Mr. HILL, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. JEFFRIES, 

Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Ms. MENG, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KING of New 

York, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 

SCHNEIDER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. JAYAPAL, 

Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. DENT, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Ms. KAPTUR

DECEMBER 11, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 27, 2017] 


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A BILL 

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

protection of community centers with religious affiliation, 

and for other purposes. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY CENTERS WITH RELI7 GIOUS AFFILIATION. 

8 Section 247 of title 18, United States Code, is amend9 ed— 

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

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

12 of force against religious real property,’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (d)— 

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

15 the end; 

16 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

17 paragraph (5); and 

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

20 ‘‘(4) if damage to or destruction of property re21 sults from the acts committed, by means of fire or ex22 plosives, in violation of this section, a fine in accord23 ance with this title and imprisonment for not more 

24 than 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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Union Calendar No. 338 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1730 

[Report No. 115–456] 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 

gious affiliation, and for other purposes. for the protection of community centers with reliDECEMBER 11, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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