H.R. 636 119th Congress House

Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

Official title: To amend section 248 of title 18, United States Code, to provide adequate penalties and remedies for attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 248 of title 18, United States Code, to provide adequate penalties and remedies for attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and attacks on places of religious worship.

Introduced: January 22, 2025 Introduced by: Claudia Tenney Republican · New York See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement AbortionCivil actions and liabilityCrimes against propertyCriminal procedure and sentencing

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Family planning and birth controlFiresReligionU.S. Sentencing Commission

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Jan 22, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 4

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Jul 13, 2016	Senate · vote #127	On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendments to the Senate Amendment…	Agreed To	89–4	See who voted →
Apr 19, 2016	Senate · vote #47	On Passage of the Bill H.R. 636	Passed	95–3	See who voted →
Apr 18, 2016	Senate · vote #46	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 636	Agreed To	89–5	See who voted →
Apr 6, 2016	Senate · vote #40	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 636	Agreed To	98–0	See who voted →

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

This bill increases criminal penalties and authorizes additional civil remedies for intentionally damaging or destroying property that is a place of religious worship or a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services. The bill also increases the mandatory minimum prison term for maliciously damaging or destroying, by means of fire or explosives, a building that is a place of religious worship or a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 636: Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-636/

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"H.R. 636: Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-636/.

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H.R. 636, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-636/.

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