3.0.0 254 2019-11-15T21:36:57Z 2019-11-15T21:36:57Z House H HR 2007-01-05 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-01-05T14:36:50Z 2007-01-05 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-01-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 N J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2007-04-23 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2007-04-23 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2007-05-02 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Arson Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights enforcement Crime prevention Crimes against women Department of Justice Disabled Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Explosives Families Federal aid to law enforcement Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Fines (Penalties) Firearms Government Operations and Politics Hate crimes Juvenile delinquency Kidnapping Labor and Employment Law Life imprisonment Minorities Murder Racial violence Rape Recruiting of employees Religion Religious liberty Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines Sex crimes Sex discrimination Sexual orientation U.S. Sentencing Commission Voting rights Women Youth violence Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-01-05 Introduced in House 2009-01-23T16:33:30Z David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 or David's Law - Amends the federal criminal code to impose penalties for willfully causing bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause such injury, whether or not acting under color of law, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person, where the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study the issue of adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes and, if appropriate, to amend the federal sentencing guidelines to provide sentencing enhancements for such an offense.

Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to state and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles.

Authorizes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury and to DOJ for FY2007-FY2009 to increase the number of personnel to protect against criminal interference with federally-protected activities.

]]> David's Law Short Titles as Introduced David's Law Short Titles as Introduced David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 Display Title David's Law Official Title as Introduced To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2007-01-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr254ih/xml/BILLS-110hr254ih.xml 2007-01-05 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.