[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6032-S6033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       PROTECTING RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS ACT OF 2018

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 394, S. 994.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 994) to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide for the protection of community centers with 
     religious affiliation, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

     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,'';

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       (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''.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be 
considered read a third time and passed; and that the motions to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 994), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 994

       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 ``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''.

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