Bill97th CongressFiled Mar 27, 1981Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 822
Religious Freedom Protection Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 27, 1981)
Religious Freedom Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for whoever, with intent to interfere with any group or person freely exercising his religion: (1) intimidates such group or individual; or (2) damages or destroys any cemetery, religious building, or any religious article contained in such a building, or steals any such religious article.
What just happenedApr 7, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ](D-NJ)Sponsor
1 cosponsor1 R
1cosponsors1committees3actions8subjects
- Apr 7, 1981Committee
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information Subcommittee - Mar 27, 1981IntroReferral
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Mar 27, 1981IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate