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Senate Roll Call 784, 104th Congress · June 26, 1996

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the Federal jurisdiction over offenses relating to damage to religious property. — H.R.3525 BY HYDE (R-IL) -- CHURCH ARSON PREVENTION ACT OF 1996 (PUB. L. 104-155, APPROVED 7/3/96) (SENATE PASSED H.R. 3525, TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, TO CLARIFY THE FEDERAL JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES RELATING TO DAMAGE TO RELIGIOUS PROPERTY, AFTER AGREEING TO THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT PROPOSED THERETO.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

98 yea · 0 nayBill Passed2 not voting or present
Democrat45 yea · 0 nay
Republican51 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3525 ↗

Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.85): Expanding federal jurisdiction over church arson strengthens criminal prosecution and penalties.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (98)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (2)

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