115 HR 1730 RH: Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 U.S. House of Representatives 2017-12-11 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.

IB Union Calendar No. 338 115th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 1730 [Report No. 115–456] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2017 Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Kennedy, and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary December 11, 2017 Additional sponsors: Mr. Cohen, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Payne, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Fleischmann, Mrs. Black, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Ms. Titus, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Hill, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Veasey, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Meng, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. King of New York, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Tenney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Dent, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Ms. Kaptur December 11, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 27, 2017 A BILL 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, by means of fire or explosives, in violation of this section, 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.

December 11, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed