H.R. 5917 — A bill to amend Title 18 of the United States Code to make it a Federal crime to vandalize a house of worship or any religious articles therein.

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Amends the Federal criminal code to establish maximum criminal penalties of five years' imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine for anyone who, with intent to interfere with any person freely exercising his religion, damages or destroys a religious house of worship or any religious object contained in such house.

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1979-11-15
Introduced in House
1979-11-15
Introduced in House
1979-11-15
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

A bill to amend Title 18 of the United States Code to make it a Federal crime to vandalize a house of worship or any religious articles therein.

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