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HR 7381 116th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against property Monuments and memorials Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents U.S. history

To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 26, 2020 Introduced by: Banks, Jim Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill expands the applicability of an existing criminal statute that protects veterans' monuments.

Currently, it is a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who served in the Armed Forces.

This bill expands the prohibition to also make it a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who signed the Declaration of Independence, or a President.

What's happening now June 26, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 4
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McClintock, Tom
California · Jul 16, 2020
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Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Jun 30, 2020
Bishop, Dan
· Jun 26, 2020
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Jun 26, 2020
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Roy, Chip
Texas · Jun 26, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7381: To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7381/
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"H.R. 7381: To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7381/.
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H.R. 7381, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7381/.
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[H.R. 7381: To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7381/)
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