H.R. 4973 · 110th Congress

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, markers, and graves commemorating persons serving in the Armed Forces on private property.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Ted Poe
Introduced
2008-01-15
Latest action
2008-02-04 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summary

Amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition against destruction of veterans' memorials to include destruction of the grave, headstone, or marker of any person in the Armed Forces and to extend such prohibition to memorials, graves, headstones, or markers on private as well as public property.