[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1730 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1730

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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                    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

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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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Anti-Semitism Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY CENTERS WITH RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION.

    Section 247 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting after ``or 
        attempts'' the following: ``or threatens'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting after ``or attempts'' 
        the following: ``or threatens'';
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking the ``and'' at 
                the end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (5); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) if damage to or destruction of property results from 
        the acts committed in violation of this section, a fine in 
        accordance with this title and imprisonment for not more than 5 
        years, or both; and''; and
            (4) in subsection (f), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, or real property owned or leased by 
        a nonprofit, religiously affiliated organization''.
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