# 119-hr-636: Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

119-hr-636, Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-636
- Congress: 119
- Title: Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would strengthen protections for pregnancy resource centers and places of worship by **boosting criminal penalties and civil damages**.** - Pregnancy resource centers that exclusively provide abortion-alternative services would gain explicit criminal protections and higher private civil penalties. Civil fines could be $20,000 per violation and an added $25,000 first-offense penalty in certain cases. - Places of religious worship would be explicitly covered by the same expanded civil damages and protected under the amended criminal provisions. - People who attack these sites would face new sentencing rules. Certain first offenses could carry a prison cap of up to 3 years, while destruction of these buildings would trigger a minimum 7-year sentence under the property-destruction statute.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger penalties for attacks on pregnancy centers and worship sites: benefit, low. If enacted, this would raise civil fines and add new prison rules for attacks on pregnancy resource centers that exclusively provide abortion‑alternative services and places of worship. A first civil violation could carry a $25,000 fine when it involves these sites and did not involve only nonviole…

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- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-636 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/636)

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- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5089)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-636 (as of 2026-04-21).