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.