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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 26, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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