H.R.7381: To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes.

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  • Introduced June 26, 2020
  • Latest Major Action June 26, 2020

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This bill expands the applicability of an existing criminal statute that protects veterans' monuments. Currently, it is a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who served in the Armed Forces. This bill expands the prohibition to also make it a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who signed the Declaration of Independence, or a President.

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date Description
June 26, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
June 26, 2020

Introduced in the House by Jim Banks (R-Ind.)

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