United States · Bill · S
S. 822 (97th)
Religious Freedom Protection Act
Introduced
27 March 1981
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Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
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Summary
Religious Freedom Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for whoever, with intent to interfere with any group or person freely exercising his religion: (1) intimidates such group or individual; or (2) damages or destroys any cemetery, religious building, or any religious article contained in such a building, or steals any such religious article.
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summary · EN · 27 March 1981
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/822
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/s/822