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119th CongressH. R. 636

Introduced in House

Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLETrack this section →

This Act may be cited as the Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act.

SEC. 2. ATTACKS ON FACILITIES PROVIDING COUNSELING ABOUT ABORTION ALTERNATIVES AND PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIPTrack this section →

(a) 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. (b) Civil remedies Section 248(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) 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 (2) 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 PROPERTYTrack this section →

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.

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