Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act”.
Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act
A BILL
To amend section 248 of title 18, United States Code, to provide adequate penalties and remedies for attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and attacks on places of religious worship.
Sec. 2 Attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and places of religious worship
Criminal penalties— Section 248(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “, except that for a first offense, if the conduct involved a facility described in subsection (a)(3) that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services or involved a place of religious worship and did not involve exclusively a nonviolent physical obstruction, the length of imprisonment shall be not more than 3 years” after “or both”.
Civil remedies— Section 248(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1)(B), in the second sentence, by inserting “, or $20,000 per violation for conduct involving a facility described in subsection (a)(3) that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services or involving a place of religious worship” after “per violation”; and
in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by inserting “, $25,000 for a first violation, if the violation involved a facility described in subsection (a)(3) that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services or involved a place of religious worship and did not involve exclusively a nonviolent physical obstruction,” after “physical obstruction”.
Sec. 3 Destruction of buildings, vehicles, and property
Section 844(i) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or if the building is a facility described in section 248(a)(3) that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services or is a place of religious worship,” before “shall be imprisoned for not less than 7 years”.