legislation: 104-s-1866
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| 104-s-1866 | 104 | s | 1866 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1996-06-12 | 1996-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 0 | Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 - Makes Federal criminal code prohibitions against, and penalties for, damaging religious property or obstructing any person's free exercise of religious beliefs applicable where: (1) the property is damaged because of its racial or ethnic character; and (2) the offense is in, or affects, interstate commerce. (Currently such provisions apply only where: (1) the property is damaged because of its religious character; (2) the defendant, in committing the offense, travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses a facility or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in interstate or foreign commerce; and (3) the loss exceeds $10,000.) | 2025-08-21T20:14:02Z |