[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4546 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4546

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the prohibition on 
 destruction of veterans' memorials to include other memorials and to 
     establish mandatory minimum sentences for violations of that 
                              prohibition.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2024

 Mr. Cotton (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the prohibition on 
 destruction of veterans' memorials to include other memorials and to 
     establish mandatory minimum sentences for violations of that 
                              prohibition.

    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 ``Saving Treasured Artifacts Through 
Uniformed Enforcement Act'' or ``STATUE Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1369 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1369. Destruction of memorials
    ``(a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person, in a 
circumstance described in subsection (b), to willfully injure or 
destroy, or attempt to injure or destroy, a structure, plaque, statue, 
or other monument on public property.
    ``(b) Circumstances.--A circumstance described in this subsection 
is that--
            ``(1) in committing the offense described in subsection 
        (a), the defendant travels or causes another to travel in 
        interstate or foreign commerce, or uses the mail or an 
        instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce; or
            ``(2) the structure, plaque, statue, or other monument 
        described in subsection (a) is located on property owned by, or 
        under the jurisdiction of, the Federal Government.
    ``(c) Penalties.--Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be--
            ``(1) fined--
                    ``(A) not less than the greater of--
                            ``(i) $1,000; or
                            ``(ii) the amount of damage to the 
                        structure, plaque, statue, or other monument 
                        described in subsection (a); and
                    ``(B) not more than the applicable maximum amount 
                under this title; and
            ``(2) imprisoned--
                    ``(A) not less than 5 years; and
                    ``(B) not more than 10 years.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 1369 and inserting the following:

``1369. Destruction of memorials.''.
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