3.0.0 4538 2023-08-31T19:15:21Z 2023-08-31T19:15:21Z Senate S 2022-07-14 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-07-14T18:09:23Z Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act 117 8584 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2022-07-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2022-07-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2022-07-14 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-31T19:11:30Z Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

This bill increases criminal penalties (and authorizes additional civil remedies) for intentionally damaging or destroying the property of a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services or that is a place of religious worship. It also establishes a mandatory minimum sentence for certain conduct involving fire or explosives used against such a facility or place of religious worship.

]]> Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act Display Title Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 248 of title 18, United States Code, to provide adequate penalties and remedies for attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and attacks on places of religious worship. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4538is/xml/BILLS-117s4538is.xml 2022-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.