HR 1249
100th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Church property
Civil Rights and Liberties
Crime prevention
Destruction of property
Religion and Clergy
Religious liberty
A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, to impose criminal penalties for damage to religious property and for injury to persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs.
Introduced: February 25, 1987
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 5, 1987
See H.R.3258.
Mar 3, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.
Feb 25, 1987
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Feb 25, 1987
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for damaging or destroying any religious real property or interfering with any person's free exercise of religious beliefs.
What's happening now
See H.R.3258.
Committees of jurisdiction
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