Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 2.djvu/601

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PUBLIC LAW 104-155-^ULY 3, 1996 110 STAT. 1393 "(b) The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are that the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce. "(c) Whoever intentionally defaces, damages, or destroys any religious real property because of the race, color, or ethnic characteristics of any individual associated with that religious property, or attempts to do so, shall be punished as provided in subsection (d)."; (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) by inserting "to any person, including any public safety officer performing duties as a direct or proximate result of conduct prohibited by this section," after "bodily injury"; and (ii) by striking "ten years" and inserting "20 years"; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: "(2) if bodily injury results to any person, including any public safety officer performing duties as a direct or proximate result of conduct prohibited by this section, and the violation is by means of fire or an explosive, a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more that 40 years, or both;"; (5) in subsection (f), as redesignated— (A) by striking "religious property" and inserting "religious real property" both places it appears; and (B) by inserting ", including fixtures or religious objects contained within a place of religious worship" before the period; and (6) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g) No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any noncapital offense under this section unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted not later than 7 years after the date on which the offense was committed.". SEC. 4. LOAN GUARANTEE RECOVERY FUND. (a) IN GENERAL.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Using amounts described in paragraph Regulations. (2), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred to as the "Secretary") shall make guaranteed loans to financial institutions in connection with loans made by such institutions to assist organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that have been damaged as a result of acts of arson or terrorism in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish by regulation. (2) USE OF CREDIT SUBSIDY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the cost of loan guarantees under this section, the Secretary may use not more than $5,000,000 of the amounts made available for fiscal year 1996 for the credit subsidy provided under the General Insurance Fund and the Special Risk Insurance Fund. (b) TREATMENT OF COSTS. —The costs of guaranteed loans under this section, including the cost of modifying loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (c) LIMIT ON LOAN PRINCIPAL. —Funds made available under this section shall be available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $10,000,000. (d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS. — The Secretary shall—