[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
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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
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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.