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S. 994 — what changed

Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018

From Reported in Senate to Engrossed in Senate. 2 sections amended between Reported in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Section 1 Short title

changed This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017”.2018”.

Sec. 2 Protection of community centers with religious affiliation

Section 247 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1)
changed in subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), by inserting after “or attempts” “threat of force,” the following: “or threatens”;“including by threat of force against religious real property,”;
(2)
removed in subsection (c), by inserting after “or attempts” the following: “or threatens”;
(2)
renumbered was (5) in subsection (d)—
(A)
added in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “or (c)” after “subsection (a)”;
(B)
added in paragraph (3), by striking “and” at the end;
(A)
removed in paragraph (3), by striking the “and” at the end;
(C)
renumbered was (5)(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(D)
renumbered was (5)(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

added “(4) if damage to or destruction of property results from the acts committed in violation of this section, which damage to or destruction of such property is in an amount that exceeds $5,000, a fine in accordance with this title, imprisonment for not more than 3 years, or both; and”

removed “(4) if damage to or destruction of religious real property results from the acts committed in violation of this section, a fine in accordance with this title or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both; and”

(3)
renumbered was (6) 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”.