Criminal Penalties for Damage to Religious Property Act (P.L. 100-346)

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Public Law | Bills | Reports | Hearings and Related Documents | Debates

Public Law

• P.L.100-346, 102 Stat. 644 (1988)

Bills

• H.R.4980, Introduced June 11, 1986
• H.R.4980, Reported September 12, 1986
• H.R.4980, Referred September 24, 1986
• H.R. 993, Introduced February 4, 1987
• H.R. 3193, Introduced August 7, 1987
• H.R. 3258, Introduced September 15, 1987
• H.R. 3258, Reported October 2, 1987
• H.R. 3258, Referred October 6, 1987
• S. 2867, Introduced September 24, 1986
• S. 702, Introduced March 10, 1987
• S. 794, Introduced March 19, 1987

Reports

• House Report No. 99-208, To accompany H.R. 2455, July 18, 1985
• House Report No. 99-820, To accompany H.R. 4980, September 12, 1986
• House Report No. 100-337, To accompany H.R. 3258, October 2, 1987
• House Report No. 100-575, To accompany H.R. 3193, April 20, 1988
• Senate Report No. 100-324, To accompany S. 794, as amended, April 27, 1988
• Senate Report No. 100-514, To accompany S. 702, September 15, 1988

Hearings and Related Documents

• Hate Crime Statistics Act, hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 99th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 1171 and H.R. 775, March 21, 1985
• Crime Against Religious Practices and Property, hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 99th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 665, May and June 19, 1985

Debates

• Hate Crime Statistics Act, Congressional Record E389 February 5, 1987
• Remarks By Mr. Simon, Congressional Record S2931 March 10, 1987
• Remarks By Mr. Metzenbaum for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Specter, Mr. Wirth, Mr. Weicker, Mr. Sanford, and Ms. Mikulski, Congressional Record S3536 March 19, 1987
• Violence Against Houses of Religion, Congressional Record S4015 March 26, 1987
• Hate Crimes-Terrorism in Our Own Backyard, Congressional Record E1602 April 28, 1987
• Hate Crime Statistics are Necessary as Tool to Battle the Terrorism of Hate Crimes, Congressional Record E2911
  July 15, 1987
• Imposing Criminal Penalties for Damage to Religious Property, Congressional Record H8125 October 5, 1987
• H.R. 3258 - To Establish Federal Penalties for the Vandalism of Religious Property, Speech of Hon. C. W. Bill Young of Florida , Congressional Record E3847 October 6, 1987
• An Obscene Celebration, Congressional Record S16401 November 17, 1987
• Religious Hate Violence Targets Islamic Mosques, Congressional Record E4989 December 22, 1987
• Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions, Congressional Record S23 January 25, 1988
• Introduction of Bills and Joint Resolutions, Congressional Record S23 January 25, 1988
• Alarming Rise in Anti-Semitism Noted, Congressional Record E43 January 27, 1988
• Civil Actions for Damage to Religious Property, Congressional Record S4288 April 19, 1988
• Opposing the Gekas Amendment to the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, Congressional Record H3195 May 12, 1988
• Criminal and Civil Penalties for Damage to Religious Property and Injury to Persons in the Free Exercise of Their
  Religious Beliefs, Congressional Record S6136 May 18, 1988
• Hate Crime Statistics Act, Congressional Record H3373 May 18, 1988
• Hate Crime Statistics Act, Congressional Record E1622 May 19, 1988
• Imposing Criminal Penalties for Damage to Religious Property and Obstruction of Persons in Free Exercise
  of Religious Beliefs, Congressional Record H4210 June 14, 1988]
• Imposing Criminal Penalties for Damage to Religious Property and Obstruction of Persons in Free Exercise
  of Religious Beliefs, Congressional Record E2125 June 22, 1988
• Hate Motivated Violence and the Need for S. 702, Congressional Record S13386 September 27, 1988