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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. JACKSON LEE:H.R. 7955.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:13th Amendment to the Constitution14th Amendment to the Constitution15th Amendment to the Constitution[Page H5333]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Leading Against White Supremacy Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill establishes a standard for determining whether a person engaged in a white supremacy inspired hate crime. The bill also sets forth the elements of related conspiracies.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill states that a person engaged in a white supremacy inspired hate crime when white supremacy ideology motivated the actions that constituted a crime or were undertaken in furtherance of activity that would have constituted a crime. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill sets forth the elements of an offense involving the conspiracy to engage in a white supremacy inspired hate crime. </p> <p>Finally, the bill authorizes the Department of Justice to investigate, prosecute, and maintain records of white supremacy inspired hate crimes and related conspiracies. </p>]]></text>
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