115 HR 1730 : Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 U.S. House of Representatives 2017-12-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IIB 115th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 1730 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 12, 2017 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryAN ACT To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the protection of community centers with religious affiliation, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017.

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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 paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; (B)by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (C)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 and imprisonment for not more than 3 years, or both; and; and (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.

Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 2017.Karen L. Haas,Clerk