110 HR 1164 IH: Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act U.S. House of Representatives 2007-02-16 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1164 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 16, 2007 Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Ms. Lee, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. George Miller of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2007.

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Amendment to Hate Crime Statistics Act

(a)

In general

Subsection (b)(1) of the first section of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended— (1)by striking or after sexual orientation,; and (2)by inserting or gender, after ethnicity,. (b)

Application

The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to data about crimes occurring on or after the first day of the first calendar year after the enactment of this Act.