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[S. 994 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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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.


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                   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]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Religiously 
Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY CENTERS WITH RELIGIOUS 
              AFFILIATION.</DELETED>

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Religiously Affiliated 
Institutions Act of 2018''.

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

    Section 247 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after ``threat of 
        force,'' the following: ``including by threat of force against 
        religious real property,'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                inserting ``or (c)'' after ``subsection (a)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (5); and
                    (D) 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, which damage 
        to or destruction of such property is in an amount that exceeds 
        $5,000, a fine in accordance with this title, imprisonment for 
        not more than 3 years, or both; and''; and
            (3) 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''.
                                                       Calendar No. 394

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 994

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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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 26, 2018

                       Reported with an amendment