To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, markers, and graves commemorating persons serving in the Armed Forces on private property.

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Introduced

15 January 2008

Last action

4 February 2008 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summary

Amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition against destruction of veterans' memorials to include destruction of the grave, headstone, or marker of any person in the Armed Forces and to extend such prohibition to memorials, graves, headstones, or markers on private as well as public property.

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15 January 2008
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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15 January 2008
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15 January 2008
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Introduced in House
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4 February 2008
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Source: Committee

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Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/4973
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/4973
us · 110-hr-4973 · source updated 30 November 2025