H.R. 7381 · 116th Congress
To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jim Banks
- Introduced
- 2020-06-26
- Latest action
- 2020-06-26 · Introduced in House
Summary
This bill expands the applicability of an existing criminal statute that protects veterans' monuments.
Currently, it is a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who served in the Armed Forces.
This bill expands the prohibition to also make it a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who signed the Declaration of Independence, or a President.