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S. Rept. 115-325 1 (2018-08-22)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxabss0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. -OVERNMENT INFORMATION Op Calendar No. 394 115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT 2d Session J SENATE1 115-325 PROTECTING RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS ACT OF 2018 AUGUST 22, 2018.-Ordered to be printed Mr. GRASSLEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 994] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill (S. 994) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the protection of community centers with religious affiliation, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and rec- ommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. CONTENTS Page I. Background and Purpose of the Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institu- tion s A ct of 2018 ........................................................................................ 1 II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration ....................................... 3 III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill ...................................................... 4 IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................... 5 V. Regulatory Im pact Evaluation ...................................................................... 6 V I. C onclu sion ...................................................................................................... 6 VII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .......................... 6 I. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE PROTECTING RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS ACT OF 2018 A. BACKGROUND In the past two years, numerous threats have been made against religious institutions, including against the Jewish and Muslim communities. There were 161 bomb threats made to Jewish Com- munity Centers in 2017-an increase of 127 percent from the pre- 79-010