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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.

USA116th CongressHR-7381| House 
| Updated: 6/26/2020
Jim Banks

Jim Banks

Republican Representative

Indiana

Cosponsors (5)
Chip Roy (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)Tom McClintock (Republican)Dan Bishop (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Jun 26, 2020
Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • June 26, 2020
    Introduced in House


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

Crime and Law Enforcement

Crimes against propertyMonuments and memorialsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsU.S. history

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.

USA116th CongressHR-7381| House 
| Updated: 6/26/2020
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.
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Timeline
Jun 26, 2020
Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • June 26, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • June 26, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jim Banks

Jim Banks

Republican Representative

Indiana

Cosponsors (5)
Chip Roy (Republican)Rick W. Allen (Republican)Tom McClintock (Republican)Dan Bishop (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Crimes against propertyMonuments and memorialsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsU.S. history