    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 115-249
    115th Congress

    An Act

    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 ``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

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    (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''.

    Approved September 28, 2018.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 994 (H.R. 1730):
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-456 (Comm. on the Judiciary) accompanying
    H.R. 1730.
    SENATE REPORTS: No. 115-325 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):
    Sept. 4, considered and passed Senate.
    Sept. 7, considered and passed House.