A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit certain damage to, and theft of property used for religious purposes, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

28 January 1981

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Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

Summary

Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for whoever, with intent to interfere with any person freely exercising his religion, damages or destroys any cemetery, religious building, or any religious article contained in such building or steals any such religious article.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/1376
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