A bill concerning vandalism of religious property.

Summary

Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for damaging or destroying any cemetery, religious building, or any religious article contained in such a building or interfering with any person freely exercising his or her religious beliefs.

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Timeline

1. 21 January 1985

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 January 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 April 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.

   Source: Committee

4. 26 April 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Office of the U.S. Attorney General.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 January 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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