Washington-Grant Historic Preservation Act

Bill: 116-s-4105
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-06-30
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Military history

Monuments and memorials
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Washington-Grant Historic Preservation Act</b></p> <p>This bill imposes a one-year minimum prison sentence in certain instances where an individual willfully injures or destroys (or attempts to injure or destroy) a monument on public property commemorating the service of a person or persons in the Armed Forces. (Current law allows for but does not require a prison sentence of up to 10 years.)</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4105 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 30, 2020 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To impose a 1-year minimum prison sentence for the destruction of veterans' memorials.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Washington-Grant Historic Preservation Act . 2. Minimum sentence Section 1369(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking shall be fined and all that follows and inserting “shall be— (1) fined under this title; and (2) imprisoned for not less than 1 year and not more than 10 years. .