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S. 909 (IS) - Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:
- Congress Number
- 111th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- April 28, 2009
- Action
- Mr. Reid (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Collins, Mr. Specter, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Reed, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Casey, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Akaka)) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
- Bill Number
- S. 909
- Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate (IS)
- Short Title
- Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act
- Full Title
- To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Harry Reid(NV)
- Cosponsors
- Edward M. Kennedy (MA); Patrick J. Leahy (VT); Olympia J. Snowe (ME); Susan M. Collins (ME); Arlen Specter (PA); Charles E. Schumer (NY); Richard J. Durbin (IL); Dianne Feinstein (CA); Carl Levin (MI); Barbara A. Mikulski (MD); Sheldon Whitehouse (RI); Benjamin L. Cardin (MD); Amy Klobuchar (MN); Joseph I. Lieberman (CT); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (NY); Jeff Merkley (OR); Jack Reed (RI); Bill Nelson (FL); John F. Kerry (MA); Jeff Bingaman (NM); Christopher J. Dodd (CT); Evan Bayh (IN); Mark Udall (CO); Jeanne Shaheen (NH); Tom Harkin (IA); Brown; Patty Murray (WA); Robert P. Casey Jr. (PA); Tim Johnson (SD); Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ); Ben Nelson (NE); Mary L. Landrieu (LA); Maria Cantwell (WA); Daniel K. Akaka (HI)
- Committees
- Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)
- United States Code References
- 18 U.S.C. 249
and
Chapter 13
28 U.S.C. 534 and 994