[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3330 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3330

  To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to civil rights 
                            related crimes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 1993

 Mr. Conyers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to civil rights 
                            related crimes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Rights Crimes Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF SECTION 242.

    (a) In General.--Section 242 of title 18 of the United States Code 
is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 242. Interfering with civil rights
    ``(a) Offense.--Whoever--
            ``(1) under color of law, intentionally engages in conduct 
        and thereby recklessly deprives another person of a right, 
        privilege, or immunity secured or protected by the Constitution 
        or laws of the United States; or
            ``(2) intentionally injures, oppresses, threatens, or 
        intimidates another person because of such other person's 
        having exercised a right, privilege, or immunity secured or 
        protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States;
or attempts to do so, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) 
of this section.
    ``(b) Punishment.--The punishment for an offense under this section 
is--
            ``(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for life or 
        for any term of years, or both such fine and imprisonment, if 
        the defendant intends to produce bodily injury and recklessly 
        causes the death of any person;
            ``(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not 
        longer than 10 years, or both such fine and imprisonment, if 
        the defendant intentionally causes bodily injury to another 
        person; and
            ``(3) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not 
        longer than 1 year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in any 
        other case.
    ``(c) Question of Law.--In a prosecution under this subsection, it 
is a question of law (as to which no state of mind need be proved) 
whether what the victim was deprived of or exercised was a right, 
privilege, or immunity secured or protected by the Constitution or laws 
of the United States.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 13 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended so that the 
item relating to section 242 reads as follows:

``242. Injuries and deprivations of rights under color of law.''.

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