H.R. 636

119 HR 636 IH: Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-22
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 636  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 22, 2025   Ms. Tenney  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend section 248 of title 18, United States Code, to provide adequate penalties and remedies for attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and attacks on places of religious worship.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act  .
2.
Attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and places of religious worship
(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 .
3.
Destruction of buildings, vehicles, and property
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 .