<enum>I</enum><header>Assistance for victims of hate crimes</header> <section id="H4116B8C33EB04ADE95FC97186B7085CA"><enum>101.</enum><header>Unemployment compensation</header> <subsection id="H71B44B9538104A46A099FDFA35F4AD2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Unemployment compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/3304">section 3304</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (18), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (19) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by inserting after paragraph (19) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H0236E438A8B049AF9B85C2FC000805DB" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7DC4C1FD3CCE4F8CA2B2838ED9728DFE"><enum>(20)</enum><text>compensation shall be payable in the case of an individual separated from employment due to circumstances directly resulting from the individual’s experience as a victim of a hate crime.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H37C451CBFF40492781DB23275BE1A470"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rules relating to hate crimes</header><text>Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H9DF6934C8A6E43B5B778CE757C8DEA9" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB9EDEBFE6C2C4E57853EC914C449F216"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Special rules relating to hate crimes</header> <paragraph id="HBA0865CD602541B1997CA6185CE74098"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of determining, under subsection (a)(20), whether an individual’s separation from employment shall be treated as directly resulting from the individual’s experience as a victim of a hate crime, it shall be sufficient if the separation from employment resulted from—</text> <subparagraph id="HAB0ECAC920C74D91AFCB8F573914791D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual’s relocation to another geographic area in order to avoid future hate crimes against the individual or the individual’s family;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB948E05D266F4279B7B0AF23D85E1B6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the individual’s need to recover from physical injury or emotional distress resulting from the individual’s experience as a victim of a hate crime; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64C1AF33C08F47F48FF7629E2E9812A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employer’s denial of the individual’s request for the temporary leave from employment authorized by section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to address the hate crime and its consequences.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD82CB9A2A4B544FCAC00315388679D35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HE7235AFB84BB46418DB3E17C97C6A5D2"><enum>102.</enum><header>Insurance protection for victims of hate crimes</header> <subsection id="HBC3EE00FDA934C3EBA95B7BCBDA5ED5D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Discrimination prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An insurer may not take into account whether a person is or has been a victim of a hate crime when making a determination with respect to—</text> <paragraph id="HE332AB3B633947AFB44F17BD80E54DE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the eligibility (including continued eligibility) of such person to enroll (or continue enrollment) under the terms of the plan, coverage, or policy of insurance involved;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC68D9DDB834B4C60B4AFDE8058DD1F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the rate or premium of a plan or policy of insurance involved; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB4A1F97567FC4D349801B1905243CE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the amount of coverage provided (or a determination of coverage for a claim made) under the plan, coverage, or policy of insurance involved.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D39E563717D47D4BDF9C1D9D43EA09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B5A7460E43B4992A309FE0006B0972D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hate crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H00D257E355B644998BC4B854638EB431"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Insurer</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>insurer</term> includes a group health plan (as defined in section 2971(a) of the Public Health Service Health Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(a)), a health insurance issuer (as defined in section 2791(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300gg-91">42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(b)(2)</external-xref>) offering group insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, and individual health insurance coverage (as defined in section 2971(b)(5) of the Public Health Service Health Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300gg-91">42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(b)(5)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4554AB588C984BCD871D998DF0682CD2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt any law, rule, or regulation of a State or political subdivision of a State.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H0C2D13EC10B64DEDA95F001831D88B7"><enum>103.</enum><header>Entitlement to leave for victims of hate crimes</header> <subsection id="HDC43A35529D74D22BFDA200004ECCA36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Entitlement to leave for victims of hate crimes</header> <paragraph id="H99B7116FA5FC4B0895EDABC06C3C8801"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority for Leave</header><text>Section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2612">29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H453A2E7A0D2C4D7F8974DEF64F2B00D4" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HABC611F62F124FD091F3E324F0AB3399"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In order to care for the spouse or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent is addressing a hate crime and its consequences.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B28B31CA5874314ADEA43C36C9574CE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Because the employee is addressing a hate crime and its consequences, the employee is unable to perform the functions of the position of such employee.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H025DFBE14BAA486AAAE2460056A491C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2611">29 U.S.C. 2611</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H30D7C89D374A40DBA1288CE0D746B900" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE35D27541C0C4C8EB60479F9BAA0B1F5"><enum>(20)</enum><header>hate crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H254D033D79224B5EA5292355D98F0004"><enum>(21)</enum><header>addressing a hate crime and its consequences</header><text>The term <term>addressing a hate crime and its consequences</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H98F487185FCA4F4DADEAC0AF48B60010"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seeking medical attention for or recovering from injuries caused by being a victim of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55F584F38230448500447DE7BFC8BC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seeking legal assistance or remedies, including communicating with the police or an attorney, or participating in any legal proceeding related to being a victim of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD959CDB9191B475E80F8F09EDC58E872"><enum>(C)</enum><text>attending support groups for victims of hate crimes; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H356FC0C385CB48268D1142518426C1E2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>obtaining psychological counseling related to the experience of being a victim of a hate crime.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H585B554733484176B94FB0E67667AC1D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intermittent or Reduced Leave</header><text>Section 102(b) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2612">29 U.S.C. 2612(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD3012C5781C14C18873D3EAC838CC476" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF074FA2488E644BAA75DC2716B588CC2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hate Crimes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leave under subparagraph (F) or (G) of subsection (a)(1) may be taken by an employee intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule. The taking of leave intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule pursuant to this paragraph shall not result in a reduction in the total amount of leave to which the employee is entitled under subsection (a) beyond the amount of leave actually taken.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H87EF957587EB4F99A1588D33005F8439"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Paid Leave</header><text>Section 102(d)(2)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2612">29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(C), or (E)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C), (E), (F), or (G)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB73074B2C4644EDB8BF68E6FE589486C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2613">29 U.S.C. 2613</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H2C272C217E02428099D49DD0619E2CC6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HFE77A36B68C049E7A154789111F45F61"><enum>(g)</enum><header>hate crimes</header> <paragraph id="HC1B0CFEF5BCD4B4C9BA560DC4DEF2727"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An employer may require that a request for leave under subparagraph (F) or (G) of section 102(a)(1) be supported by documentation of the hate crime.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8ECB83D09C384B37A52101AACEC504E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>An employer shall keep any information relating to a hate crime experienced by the employee or the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee confidential, including an employee’s statement, any corroborating evidence, and the fact that the employee has requested leave for the purpose of addressing a hate crime and its consequences, except to the extent—</text> <subparagraph id="HE5EA34A8B8574470B88DF09B4544ED32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consented to by the employee where disclosure is necessary to protect the employee’s safety or the safety of coworkers; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96CF6E915BFB420500CC89BFFD3AE5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requested by the employee to document a hate crime to a court or agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H904A6A01150344DDAA802B401E0218D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Entitlement to leave for Federal employees as victims of hate crimes</header> <paragraph id="HE4B7AE0B3D8543029300AF9F001FD68"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority for Leave</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/6382">Section 6382(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H40DA225E5B354F709044A5861F24602D" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H2339545C1A524ADE84C684ACB4A95E36" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>In order to care for the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent is addressing a hate crime and its consequences.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA280CBFD66944068D9566C0446069FF" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Because the employee is addressing a hate crime and its consequences, the employee is unable to perform the functions of the position of such employee.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF9A8DFB553CF4E2688C6775B2EF7EC37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 6381 of title 5, United States Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H6187A0A3B2B34FF5B5CA4C1300EBA3AE" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H638AA5D818D04DBF99BDE27163F09292"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H833C4E874FE1498BAA21E4E112F750B8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term <term>addressing a hate crime and its consequences</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H9F80AC0F20F3434EA5161EBFC56C6D98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seeking medical attention for or recovering from injuries caused by being a victim of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47E98B99F8F54CBAABCCA26E516944A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seeking legal assistance or remedies, including communicating with the police or an attorney, or participating in any legal proceeding related to being a victim of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56E580A07D3D4A5B80FF20DD545E4317"><enum>(C)</enum><text>attending support groups for victims of hate crimes; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA09160603CF74CD9BA8108D835F3F2E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>obtaining psychological counseling related to the experience of being a victim of a hate crime.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H56E7995ED82C4F3F8FEE4008F0F000C1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intermittent or Reduced Leave</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/6382">Section 6382(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC2B9520BCE1446758CB27C4592311B7E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HCC5D096779CE40C3A8FB01FA5557F6D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Leave under subparagraph (E) or (F) of subsection (a)(1) may be taken by an employee intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule. The taking of leave intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule pursuant to this paragraph shall not result in a reduction in the total amount of leave to which the employee is entitled under subsection (a) beyond the amount of leave actually taken.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H82A30A6E241744D6B7B2CDE06E00FB1B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other Leave</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/6382">Section 6382(d)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>(C) or (D)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C), (D), (E), or (F)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H78A6B2AE8CF44D5597ED4F46FE985B39"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Section 6383 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC99ACCF8AC0C46FD934051D7BD46188D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF7D4FA5F67934DF7B060488800F475E8"><enum>(e)</enum> <paragraph id="HB322751C625C47AAB47655C694C624B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An employing agency may require that a request for leave under subparagraph (E) or (F) of section 6382(a)(1) be supported by documentation of the hate crime.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4D6C9EF1B6AD4C4EB7B1B690776D2231"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employing agency shall keep any information related to a hate crime experienced by an employee or the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee confidential, including an employee’s statement, any corroborating evidence, and the fact that an employee has requested leave for the purpose of addressing a hate crime and its consequences, except to the extent—</text> <subparagraph id="HB4A1278D4CA34FBDA89C56F38C8F9E1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consented to by the employee where disclosure is necessary to protect the employee’s safety or the safety of coworkers; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H713B28B2E22F424ABCDD319000D58E00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requested by the employee to provide documentation to a court or agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEB042D356B24F5EAA6CD82103F4E1B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing leave usable for victims of a hate crime</header> <paragraph id="H5EB6604CE01F4E4182A2ACD61358C56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of Existing Leave</header><text>Where an employee would be otherwise entitled to take paid or unpaid leave (including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave) from employment pursuant to Federal or State law, an existing benefits program or plan, or a collective bargaining agreement, such employee shall be permitted to use such leave for the purpose of addressing a hate crime and its consequences, or for the purpose of caring for the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent is addressing a hate crime and its consequences.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7B81AC98F98E4CBFB260E3E655B8476D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H62B4A4A6087D4036840917B3DAA637"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Hate crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hate crime</term> has the meaning given such term by section 101(20) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2611">29 U.S.C. 2611(20)</external-xref>), as amended by section 103(a) of this Act.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AE17607714549598388B59FD9FDD5C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Addressing a hate crime and its consequences</header><text>The term <term>addressing a hate crime and its consequences</term> has the meaning given such phrase by section 101(21) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2611">29 U.S.C. 2611(21)</external-xref>), as amended by section 103(a) of this Act.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91E98C73B7A34F24B98DEFED2580B9E4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employer</header><text>The term <term>employer</term> includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to any employee, who is subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2601">29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</external-xref>) or to any State law or benefits program or plan addressing paid or unpaid leave from employment (including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave). The term does not include any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer) or anyone acting in the capacity of an officer or agent of such labor organization.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBD0F6806A3741BDB6E4AE7262AD17E8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Employee</header><text>The term <term>employee</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203(e)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3BA76810E0748DB8086F59CFBF42BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>An employer may require that a request for leave described in paragraph (1) be supported by documentation of a hate crime.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H96649191181942CB9EAFB007EB4DAF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>An employer shall keep any information relating to a hate crime experienced by an employee or the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee confidential, including an employee’s statement, any documentation or corroborating evidence, or the fact that the employee has requested leave for the purpose of addressing hate crimes and its consequences, except to the extent—</text> <subparagraph id="HB78FF4E90B384681827825E14BCC6FF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consented to by the employee in order to protect the employee’s safety or the safety of coworkers; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50E0E41593674C949300EE572C02CC50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requested by the employee to document hate crimes to a court or agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AB44805D1E147B7890046E3CFBD739F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <subparagraph id="H9597F2EB8CFB4A4ABBB7BB2DD995AFDC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Public enforcement</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall have the powers set forth in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 107 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2617">29 U.S.C. 2617</external-xref>) for the purpose of public enforcement of any alleged violation of this subsection against any employer.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F0956C6FDCF451C9C5C45D5FE6C74BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Private enforcement</header><text>The remedies and procedures set forth in subsection (a) of section 107 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2617">29 U.S.C. 2617</external-xref>) shall be the remedies and procedures pursuant to which an employee may initiate a legal action against an employer for alleged violations of this subsection.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49280E80CB8941C3863598760040EA28"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employer liability under other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the liability pursuant to any other State or Federal law or legal remedy of an employer to an employee for harm suffered relating to the employee’s experience as a victim of a hate crime.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBD6B804F77C045039F754F9D00C54871"><enum>104.</enum><header>Temporary housing assistance</header> <subsection id="HEC41BDBAFBF640DCB2E777D2DB08613D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) may award grants to qualified organizations (as determined by the Secretary) under this section to carry out programs to provide assistance—</text> <paragraph id="H6A2FA6C5C1CD49368ED9B9B9A0F79C6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to individuals—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BB2D308F4B54ECC97454EC4C418F863"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who are victims of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77A2103486D24DD3A84BF7407FF9F090"><enum>(B)</enum><text>homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of being a victim of a hate crime; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H140148F2D8EF429D9264A492AE8072F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for whom emergency shelter services are unavailable or insufficient; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEEF99A5B15124E16A8515905A1FC674C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>dependants of individuals described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3436200629B44850BA8E9E779DA54296"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance described</header><text>Assistance provided under this section may include—</text> <paragraph id="H039D7256782C43EDB4CC44B800FBC5CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>short-term housing assistance, including rent, utilities payments assistance, and assistance with related expenses, such as payment of security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H12A4D81D091B4BC09E615979B12DE44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support services designed to enable an individual or dependents of such individual to locate and secure permanent housing, and to integrate the individual or dependents of such individual into a community, such as transportation, counseling, child care services, case management, employment counseling, and other assistance.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04AE74D260E4485B9054CDEF6695B370"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year, a qualified organization shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD58B7D796A53458EA648F9B1D0DA8BA5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="H385B6EA68FF94D1EB184D3EBC0D4FDB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report to Secretary</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under this section shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a report describing the number of individuals and dependents assisted, and the types of housing assistance and support services provided, under this section. Each report shall include information on the purpose and amount of housing assistance provided to each individual or dependent assisted under this section, and the type of support services provided to each individual or dependent assisted under this section.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H26AED46255704CA8942EE26170C54FB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to Congress a report that contains a compilation of the information contained in reports submitted under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82C328B9D72B4BE5B4B108F9B9ECF74"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under this section shall supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds available to an entity to carry out activities described in this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6AB8D733F65A45A7BEB1F6114C8539EA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition of hate crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H77399C6E8F3947D2B6E3B06CC21E1F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H3C9E2B7121DE49DBAAF524D93219600"><enum>105.</enum><header>Counseling grant program</header> <subsection id="H924D70CFDBC247B9A9FA788BD2057C17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization and establishment of grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General may award grants to qualified organizations (as determined by the Attorney General) to assist in the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects to provide counseling and related assistance to victims of hate crimes and their dependents.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB917B89C7D6E4F9FAD08E1FCFA5804FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year, a qualified organization shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H099C2203CB33462AA429AF1EA4D08C59"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of grant funds</header><text>The grant funds provided under this section shall be used to carry out programs and projects that provide counseling and related assistance to victims of hate crimes and their dependents.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7D32876CA28C4F4200B4085CEC6EE108"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under this section shall supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds available to an entity to carry out activities described in this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H5D2352BF50B7485BB127E730C79EB6DA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph id="H7ADE996021C3430BAE9E1D8196A2F6C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>counseling</term> includes emergency, short-term, long-term, individual, and group counseling services; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA2156644C0E74DBD88799DBBCAE644CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>related assistance</term> includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HFABD9C51912946F8943559B831340734"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance with respect to obtaining financial assistance under Federal and State programs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H867FC0804B6B45BDB32C443943A4A362"><enum>(B)</enum><text>referrals for appropriate health care services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45804A3FF3014EB9B2BEF0C1F8E006B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>legal assistance to provide victims with information and assistance through the civil and criminal courts; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H740B88D56B1B43318BC736C6A7007E7E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other supportive services, as determined to be appropriate by the Attorney General.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB694CAE9836845F1BE22EA17FC24798D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text> </subsection></section>

110 HR 6776 IH: To prevent hate crimes, to provide support services for U.S. House of Representatives 2008-08-01 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.

110th CONGRESS 2d Session

H. R. 6776

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 1, 2008

Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas (for herself, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Payne, and Ms. Moore of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To prevent hate crimes, to provide support services for victims of hate crimes, and for other purposes.

Short title and table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the David Ray Ritcheson Hate Crime Prevention Act. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.

Title I—Assistance for victims of hate crimes

Sec. 101. Unemployment compensation.

Sec. 102. Insurance protection for victims of hate crimes.

Sec. 103. Entitlement to leave for victims of hate crimes.

Sec. 104. Temporary housing assistance.

Sec. 105. Counseling grant program.

Title II—Resources

Sec. 201. National clearinghouse and resource center.

Sec. 202. National hate crime hotline and Internet website grant.

Sec. 203. Federal employee programs relating to hate crimes.

Title III—Education and Prevention services

Sec. 301. Elementary and secondary hate crime educational grants.

Sec. 302. College and University hate crime educational grants.

<enum>I</enum><header>Assistance for victims of hate crimes</header> <section id="H4116B8C33EB04ADE95FC97186B7085CA"><enum>101.</enum><header>Unemployment compensation</header> <subsection id="H71B44B9538104A46A099FDFA35F4AD2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Unemployment compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/3304">section 3304</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (18), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (19) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by inserting after paragraph (19) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H0236E438A8B049AF9B85C2FC000805DB" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7DC4C1FD3CCE4F8CA2B2838ED9728DFE"><enum>(20)</enum><text>compensation shall be payable in the case of an individual separated from employment due to circumstances directly resulting from the individual’s experience as a victim of a hate crime.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H37C451CBFF40492781DB23275BE1A470"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rules relating to hate crimes</header><text>Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H9DF6934C8A6E43B5B778CE757C8DEA9" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB9EDEBFE6C2C4E57853EC914C449F216"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Special rules relating to hate crimes</header> <paragraph id="HBA0865CD602541B1997CA6185CE74098"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of determining, under subsection (a)(20), whether an individual’s separation from employment shall be treated as directly resulting from the individual’s experience as a victim of a hate crime, it shall be sufficient if the separation from employment resulted from—</text> <subparagraph id="HAB0ECAC920C74D91AFCB8F573914791D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual’s relocation to another geographic area in order to avoid future hate crimes against the individual or the individual’s family;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB948E05D266F4279B7B0AF23D85E1B6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the individual’s need to recover from physical injury or emotional distress resulting from the individual’s experience as a victim of a hate crime; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64C1AF33C08F47F48FF7629E2E9812A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employer’s denial of the individual’s request for the temporary leave from employment authorized by section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to address the hate crime and its consequences.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD82CB9A2A4B544FCAC00315388679D35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HE7235AFB84BB46418DB3E17C97C6A5D2"><enum>102.</enum><header>Insurance protection for victims of hate crimes</header> <subsection id="HBC3EE00FDA934C3EBA95B7BCBDA5ED5D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Discrimination prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An insurer may not take into account whether a person is or has been a victim of a hate crime when making a determination with respect to—</text> <paragraph id="HE332AB3B633947AFB44F17BD80E54DE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the eligibility (including continued eligibility) of such person to enroll (or continue enrollment) under the terms of the plan, coverage, or policy of insurance involved;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC68D9DDB834B4C60B4AFDE8058DD1F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the rate or premium of a plan or policy of insurance involved; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB4A1F97567FC4D349801B1905243CE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the amount of coverage provided (or a determination of coverage for a claim made) under the plan, coverage, or policy of insurance involved.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D39E563717D47D4BDF9C1D9D43EA09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B5A7460E43B4992A309FE0006B0972D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hate crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H00D257E355B644998BC4B854638EB431"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Insurer</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>insurer</term> includes a group health plan (as defined in section 2971(a) of the Public Health Service Health Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(a)), a health insurance issuer (as defined in section 2791(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300gg-91">42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(b)(2)</external-xref>) offering group insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, and individual health insurance coverage (as defined in section 2971(b)(5) of the Public Health Service Health Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300gg-91">42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(b)(5)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4554AB588C984BCD871D998DF0682CD2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt any law, rule, or regulation of a State or political subdivision of a State.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H0C2D13EC10B64DEDA95F001831D88B7"><enum>103.</enum><header>Entitlement to leave for victims of hate crimes</header> <subsection id="HDC43A35529D74D22BFDA200004ECCA36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Entitlement to leave for victims of hate crimes</header> <paragraph id="H99B7116FA5FC4B0895EDABC06C3C8801"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority for Leave</header><text>Section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2612">29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H453A2E7A0D2C4D7F8974DEF64F2B00D4" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HABC611F62F124FD091F3E324F0AB3399"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In order to care for the spouse or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent is addressing a hate crime and its consequences.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B28B31CA5874314ADEA43C36C9574CE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Because the employee is addressing a hate crime and its consequences, the employee is unable to perform the functions of the position of such employee.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H025DFBE14BAA486AAAE2460056A491C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2611">29 U.S.C. 2611</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H30D7C89D374A40DBA1288CE0D746B900" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE35D27541C0C4C8EB60479F9BAA0B1F5"><enum>(20)</enum><header>hate crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H254D033D79224B5EA5292355D98F0004"><enum>(21)</enum><header>addressing a hate crime and its consequences</header><text>The term <term>addressing a hate crime and its consequences</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H98F487185FCA4F4DADEAC0AF48B60010"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seeking medical attention for or recovering from injuries caused by being a victim of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55F584F38230448500447DE7BFC8BC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seeking legal assistance or remedies, including communicating with the police or an attorney, or participating in any legal proceeding related to being a victim of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD959CDB9191B475E80F8F09EDC58E872"><enum>(C)</enum><text>attending support groups for victims of hate crimes; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H356FC0C385CB48268D1142518426C1E2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>obtaining psychological counseling related to the experience of being a victim of a hate crime.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H585B554733484176B94FB0E67667AC1D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intermittent or Reduced Leave</header><text>Section 102(b) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2612">29 U.S.C. 2612(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HD3012C5781C14C18873D3EAC838CC476" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF074FA2488E644BAA75DC2716B588CC2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hate Crimes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leave under subparagraph (F) or (G) of subsection (a)(1) may be taken by an employee intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule. The taking of leave intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule pursuant to this paragraph shall not result in a reduction in the total amount of leave to which the employee is entitled under subsection (a) beyond the amount of leave actually taken.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H87EF957587EB4F99A1588D33005F8439"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Paid Leave</header><text>Section 102(d)(2)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2612">29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(C), or (E)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C), (E), (F), or (G)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB73074B2C4644EDB8BF68E6FE589486C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2613">29 U.S.C. 2613</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H2C272C217E02428099D49DD0619E2CC6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HFE77A36B68C049E7A154789111F45F61"><enum>(g)</enum><header>hate crimes</header> <paragraph id="HC1B0CFEF5BCD4B4C9BA560DC4DEF2727"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An employer may require that a request for leave under subparagraph (F) or (G) of section 102(a)(1) be supported by documentation of the hate crime.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8ECB83D09C384B37A52101AACEC504E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>An employer shall keep any information relating to a hate crime experienced by the employee or the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee confidential, including an employee’s statement, any corroborating evidence, and the fact that the employee has requested leave for the purpose of addressing a hate crime and its consequences, except to the extent—</text> <subparagraph id="HE5EA34A8B8574470B88DF09B4544ED32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consented to by the employee where disclosure is necessary to protect the employee’s safety or the safety of coworkers; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96CF6E915BFB420500CC89BFFD3AE5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requested by the employee to document a hate crime to a court or agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H904A6A01150344DDAA802B401E0218D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Entitlement to leave for Federal employees as victims of hate crimes</header> <paragraph id="HE4B7AE0B3D8543029300AF9F001FD68"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority for Leave</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/6382">Section 6382(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H40DA225E5B354F709044A5861F24602D" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H2339545C1A524ADE84C684ACB4A95E36" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>In order to care for the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent is addressing a hate crime and its consequences.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA280CBFD66944068D9566C0446069FF" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Because the employee is addressing a hate crime and its consequences, the employee is unable to perform the functions of the position of such employee.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF9A8DFB553CF4E2688C6775B2EF7EC37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 6381 of title 5, United States Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H6187A0A3B2B34FF5B5CA4C1300EBA3AE" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H638AA5D818D04DBF99BDE27163F09292"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H833C4E874FE1498BAA21E4E112F750B8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term <term>addressing a hate crime and its consequences</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H9F80AC0F20F3434EA5161EBFC56C6D98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seeking medical attention for or recovering from injuries caused by being a victim of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47E98B99F8F54CBAABCCA26E516944A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seeking legal assistance or remedies, including communicating with the police or an attorney, or participating in any legal proceeding related to being a victim of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56E580A07D3D4A5B80FF20DD545E4317"><enum>(C)</enum><text>attending support groups for victims of hate crimes; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA09160603CF74CD9BA8108D835F3F2E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>obtaining psychological counseling related to the experience of being a victim of a hate crime.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H56E7995ED82C4F3F8FEE4008F0F000C1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intermittent or Reduced Leave</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/6382">Section 6382(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC2B9520BCE1446758CB27C4592311B7E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HCC5D096779CE40C3A8FB01FA5557F6D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Leave under subparagraph (E) or (F) of subsection (a)(1) may be taken by an employee intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule. The taking of leave intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule pursuant to this paragraph shall not result in a reduction in the total amount of leave to which the employee is entitled under subsection (a) beyond the amount of leave actually taken.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H82A30A6E241744D6B7B2CDE06E00FB1B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other Leave</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/6382">Section 6382(d)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>(C) or (D)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C), (D), (E), or (F)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H78A6B2AE8CF44D5597ED4F46FE985B39"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Section 6383 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC99ACCF8AC0C46FD934051D7BD46188D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF7D4FA5F67934DF7B060488800F475E8"><enum>(e)</enum> <paragraph id="HB322751C625C47AAB47655C694C624B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An employing agency may require that a request for leave under subparagraph (E) or (F) of section 6382(a)(1) be supported by documentation of the hate crime.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4D6C9EF1B6AD4C4EB7B1B690776D2231"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employing agency shall keep any information related to a hate crime experienced by an employee or the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee confidential, including an employee’s statement, any corroborating evidence, and the fact that an employee has requested leave for the purpose of addressing a hate crime and its consequences, except to the extent—</text> <subparagraph id="HB4A1278D4CA34FBDA89C56F38C8F9E1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consented to by the employee where disclosure is necessary to protect the employee’s safety or the safety of coworkers; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H713B28B2E22F424ABCDD319000D58E00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requested by the employee to provide documentation to a court or agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEB042D356B24F5EAA6CD82103F4E1B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing leave usable for victims of a hate crime</header> <paragraph id="H5EB6604CE01F4E4182A2ACD61358C56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of Existing Leave</header><text>Where an employee would be otherwise entitled to take paid or unpaid leave (including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave) from employment pursuant to Federal or State law, an existing benefits program or plan, or a collective bargaining agreement, such employee shall be permitted to use such leave for the purpose of addressing a hate crime and its consequences, or for the purpose of caring for the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent is addressing a hate crime and its consequences.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7B81AC98F98E4CBFB260E3E655B8476D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H62B4A4A6087D4036840917B3DAA637"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Hate crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hate crime</term> has the meaning given such term by section 101(20) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2611">29 U.S.C. 2611(20)</external-xref>), as amended by section 103(a) of this Act.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AE17607714549598388B59FD9FDD5C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Addressing a hate crime and its consequences</header><text>The term <term>addressing a hate crime and its consequences</term> has the meaning given such phrase by section 101(21) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2611">29 U.S.C. 2611(21)</external-xref>), as amended by section 103(a) of this Act.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91E98C73B7A34F24B98DEFED2580B9E4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employer</header><text>The term <term>employer</term> includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to any employee, who is subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2601">29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</external-xref>) or to any State law or benefits program or plan addressing paid or unpaid leave from employment (including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave). The term does not include any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer) or anyone acting in the capacity of an officer or agent of such labor organization.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBD0F6806A3741BDB6E4AE7262AD17E8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Employee</header><text>The term <term>employee</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203(e)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3BA76810E0748DB8086F59CFBF42BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>An employer may require that a request for leave described in paragraph (1) be supported by documentation of a hate crime.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H96649191181942CB9EAFB007EB4DAF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>An employer shall keep any information relating to a hate crime experienced by an employee or the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee confidential, including an employee’s statement, any documentation or corroborating evidence, or the fact that the employee has requested leave for the purpose of addressing hate crimes and its consequences, except to the extent—</text> <subparagraph id="HB78FF4E90B384681827825E14BCC6FF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consented to by the employee in order to protect the employee’s safety or the safety of coworkers; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50E0E41593674C949300EE572C02CC50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requested by the employee to document hate crimes to a court or agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AB44805D1E147B7890046E3CFBD739F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <subparagraph id="H9597F2EB8CFB4A4ABBB7BB2DD995AFDC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Public enforcement</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall have the powers set forth in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 107 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2617">29 U.S.C. 2617</external-xref>) for the purpose of public enforcement of any alleged violation of this subsection against any employer.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F0956C6FDCF451C9C5C45D5FE6C74BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Private enforcement</header><text>The remedies and procedures set forth in subsection (a) of section 107 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2617">29 U.S.C. 2617</external-xref>) shall be the remedies and procedures pursuant to which an employee may initiate a legal action against an employer for alleged violations of this subsection.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49280E80CB8941C3863598760040EA28"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employer liability under other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the liability pursuant to any other State or Federal law or legal remedy of an employer to an employee for harm suffered relating to the employee’s experience as a victim of a hate crime.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBD6B804F77C045039F754F9D00C54871"><enum>104.</enum><header>Temporary housing assistance</header> <subsection id="HEC41BDBAFBF640DCB2E777D2DB08613D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) may award grants to qualified organizations (as determined by the Secretary) under this section to carry out programs to provide assistance—</text> <paragraph id="H6A2FA6C5C1CD49368ED9B9B9A0F79C6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to individuals—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BB2D308F4B54ECC97454EC4C418F863"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who are victims of a hate crime;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77A2103486D24DD3A84BF7407FF9F090"><enum>(B)</enum><text>homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of being a victim of a hate crime; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H140148F2D8EF429D9264A492AE8072F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for whom emergency shelter services are unavailable or insufficient; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEEF99A5B15124E16A8515905A1FC674C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>dependants of individuals described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3436200629B44850BA8E9E779DA54296"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance described</header><text>Assistance provided under this section may include—</text> <paragraph id="H039D7256782C43EDB4CC44B800FBC5CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>short-term housing assistance, including rent, utilities payments assistance, and assistance with related expenses, such as payment of security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H12A4D81D091B4BC09E615979B12DE44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support services designed to enable an individual or dependents of such individual to locate and secure permanent housing, and to integrate the individual or dependents of such individual into a community, such as transportation, counseling, child care services, case management, employment counseling, and other assistance.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04AE74D260E4485B9054CDEF6695B370"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year, a qualified organization shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD58B7D796A53458EA648F9B1D0DA8BA5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="H385B6EA68FF94D1EB184D3EBC0D4FDB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report to Secretary</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under this section shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a report describing the number of individuals and dependents assisted, and the types of housing assistance and support services provided, under this section. Each report shall include information on the purpose and amount of housing assistance provided to each individual or dependent assisted under this section, and the type of support services provided to each individual or dependent assisted under this section.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H26AED46255704CA8942EE26170C54FB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to Congress a report that contains a compilation of the information contained in reports submitted under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82C328B9D72B4BE5B4B108F9B9ECF74"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under this section shall supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds available to an entity to carry out activities described in this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6AB8D733F65A45A7BEB1F6114C8539EA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition of hate crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>hate crime</term> means a criminal offense in which the prosecutor has determined that the defendant intentionally selected a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H77399C6E8F3947D2B6E3B06CC21E1F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H3C9E2B7121DE49DBAAF524D93219600"><enum>105.</enum><header>Counseling grant program</header> <subsection id="H924D70CFDBC247B9A9FA788BD2057C17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization and establishment of grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General may award grants to qualified organizations (as determined by the Attorney General) to assist in the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects to provide counseling and related assistance to victims of hate crimes and their dependents.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB917B89C7D6E4F9FAD08E1FCFA5804FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year, a qualified organization shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H099C2203CB33462AA429AF1EA4D08C59"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of grant funds</header><text>The grant funds provided under this section shall be used to carry out programs and projects that provide counseling and related assistance to victims of hate crimes and their dependents.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7D32876CA28C4F4200B4085CEC6EE108"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under this section shall supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds available to an entity to carry out activities described in this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H5D2352BF50B7485BB127E730C79EB6DA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph id="H7ADE996021C3430BAE9E1D8196A2F6C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>counseling</term> includes emergency, short-term, long-term, individual, and group counseling services; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA2156644C0E74DBD88799DBBCAE644CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>related assistance</term> includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HFABD9C51912946F8943559B831340734"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance with respect to obtaining financial assistance under Federal and State programs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H867FC0804B6B45BDB32C443943A4A362"><enum>(B)</enum><text>referrals for appropriate health care services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45804A3FF3014EB9B2BEF0C1F8E006B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>legal assistance to provide victims with information and assistance through the civil and criminal courts; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H740B88D56B1B43318BC736C6A7007E7E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other supportive services, as determined to be appropriate by the Attorney General.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB694CAE9836845F1BE22EA17FC24798D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Resources</header> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76D2E95CD78F41C0000085037BDC976D"><enum>201.</enum><header>National clearinghouse and resource center</header> <subsection id="HFD18BDDE7B804CE6A6930084A222E28C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of national clearinghouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General may award a grant to a private nonprofit organization to establish and operate a national clearinghouse and resource center to collect, prepare, and analyze information and statistics and analyses of the information and statistics relating to the incidence and prevention of hate crimes.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H593BAE3594A845A49094DBC97B3265B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section a private nonprofit organization shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD4762704A646456BA3D0933767E547C4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>An organization that receives a grant under this section shall annually prepare and submit to the Attorney General a report on the information and statistics collected and analyzed by the national clearinghouse and resource center.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF34C4AC220034034A4F77E2CBADF4CC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H23E9C87600D74128A3A548E7CD4E0037"><enum>202.</enum><header>National hate crime hotline and Internet website grant</header> <subsection id="H61955F0E64274D28BA7DBB3B064B70E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General may award one or more grants to a qualified organization (as determined by the Attorney General)—</text> <paragraph id="H423F9104B9CE453D00B5CF00F7004BCC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide for the establishment and operation of a national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to victims of hate crimes (hereafter referred to as the <quote>national hate crime hotline</quote>); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9325B5138CB64FBE83F82360AB0944B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide for the establishment and operation of an Internet website to provide information and assistance to victims of hate crimes (hereafter referred to as the <quote>hate crime information and assistance website</quote>).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F924B4660B2453FAD002F6329929772"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header> <paragraph id="H1F29272A8BAB499700476D5913A62784"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National Hate Crime Hotline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity that receives a grant under this section for activities described in subsection (a)(1) shall use the funds made available through the grant to—</text> <subparagraph id="H96CA537FCBB54A1AAB1500C227941867"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contract with a carrier for the use of a toll-free telephone line;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8500EF8779C461DB576076549D01FEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>employ, train, (including technology training), and supervise personnel to answer incoming calls and provide counseling and referral services to callers on a 24-hour-a-day basis;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H847083E0BE384712A3BE1E02AA4909C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assemble and maintain a current database of information relating to services for victims of hate crimes to which callers throughout the United States may be referred; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37C9613BA1FE404BA563AFC37464CFAE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>publicize the national hate crime hotline to potential users throughout the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBB580C2C8C7414B89C968D7ADBEFA5D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Website</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity that receives a grant under this section for activities described in subsection (a)(2) shall use funds made available through the grant to—</text> <subparagraph id="HF8CE93FD203344FBB897322F85E1EBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish and operate a hate crime information and assistance website; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0256DA91CC4E45C683CAFB9C66D2CC48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide information related to the services available to victims of hate crimes, including health care and mental health, legal, and other relevant services.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4157F03985BD47699E657DA1E2513861"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application submitted to the Attorney General under this subsection shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA51137ECB8B9428C91136903C74269EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contain such agreements, assurances, and information, be in such form, and be submitted in such manner as the Attorney General requires;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBA7C0168096246AA8223E9BCC6BEFBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of an application for a grant to carry out activities described in subsection (a)(1), include a complete description of the applicant’s plan for the operation of a national hate crime hotline, including descriptions of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H03EF38A4A7ED4A5BAD099157AD0028DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the training program for national hate crime hotline personnel;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA953446584B3416E0046257B8D235C03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the hiring criteria for national hate crime hotline personnel;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H15E16DD05FD94D78A2BE74E643F33446"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a plan for publicizing the availability of the national hate crime hotline;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAC209FE13EE14E5DA35D15A4B1E5EBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a plan for providing service to non-English speaking callers; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5487F609F75C4D3080009E86DA33652B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a plan for facilitating access to the national hate crime hotline by hearing impaired individuals; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4537E9F18699492185A9B35C49191500"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an application for a grant to carry out activities described in subsection (a)(2), include a complete description of the applicant’s plan for the operation of a hate crime information and assistance website, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H99B536A823DE4281AABEBB0740152499"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the applicant’s plan for the development, operation, maintenance, and updating of information on and resources of the hate crime information and assistance website;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1C6B70E27ADA45B685B5AD31D00AF9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that the applicant will implement a security system to ensure the confidentiality of the hate crime information and assistance website, and a description of such security system; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6F1A9C8231CC42149DDEF2CCD371F15"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the applicant’s plan to continue operation and maintenance of the hate crime information and assistance website after Federal funding under this section is no longer available.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FCE8B8D94D74CB5A8C0CE719FF971E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HCF26190F8BF944AEA010FC9E90F93867"><enum>203.</enum><header>Federal employee programs relating to hate crimes</header> <subsection id="H079E3D4716FC433299003F21D9AC0073"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each agency of the Federal Government shall, in a manner consistent with guidelines prescribed under subsection (b) of this section and applicable provisions of law, establish appropriate prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs and services relating to hate crimes for employees of such agency.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3F4CC2CA59C84D4F85CC807BDEDED082"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The functions of an agency head under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H1BD5E3B2ABE44162939C6948ACA394AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the judicial branch, be carried out by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9BAD62BAC75A4292B593E8AE1F47F0DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to the House of Representatives, be carried out by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H29111DE68DC84C64BA001EBAE35920BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>with respect to the Senate, be carried out by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FF839A867A5424A94F150B0D4505DA2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall designate one agency which shall—</text> <paragraph id="H0A3E3106780842B49990C7C0A5CE66FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prescribe guidelines to be used by each agency of the Federal Government for programs and services under this section;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE4724068B6574BD59904D02D5A09D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on request of any agency, furnish information or technical advice on the design or operation of any program or service under this section; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H09C852AB54CF40E5A7DD3E5311FBC900"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submit to the President and the Congress, before January 1, 2010, and at least every 2 years thereafter, a written report on the operation of this section, including, with respect to the period covered by the report—</text> <subparagraph id="H90A0B4A567684AC2A9A87104AB987B7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a brief description of each of the various programs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB382449C0A8A4E95B4B570FE9900D417"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent of employee participation in, and the costs to the Federal Government associated with, each of the various programs and services; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C34E3B7F5DB43B7BFC6E3EEA729FD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other matter which may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88F146612F5C4B3EAF00AFA37D302B83"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of this section—</text> <paragraph id="HB80752F2795642F38043002ECE005537"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>employee</term> means an employee as defined by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8101">section 8101</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H303CD70653CE4D7DB300CDEFAE8CE51"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>agency</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HA668DD18CA9B4153A1C2008D5747E252"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Executive agency;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DF4D383BC734902B7DE8506EBC1A897"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity of the legislative branch; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2085CCFBF9304C71A11952E04955285F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the judicial branch; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H630DB76D78D34AED8349E7C6A8038897"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>entity of the legislative branch</term> means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol (including the Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Printing Office, and the Library of Congress.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Education and Prevention services</header> <section id="H175D9AFF3CB74D2A9F3D05CD7BD7D863"><enum>301.</enum><header>Elementary and secondary hate crime educational grants</header> <subsection id="H949A662C2D774F36A6BFE0F783B8C000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant authorization</header><text>The Secretary of Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) is authorized to award grants to local educational agencies to improve and provide programs relating to hate crimes for elementary and secondary students and teachers.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H5E41EA9D4A26453BB7614E5098A1D1B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grants under this section may be used to improve and provide programs for elementary and secondary students and teachers, including—</text> <paragraph id="H294A0CEF6D934291AEF0883E5F7F6124"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the provision of education and training programs to prevent and reduce the incidence of hate crimes;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAAF39F2A1FD24C90A92CC9E8DDCFFB00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the development and acquisition of equipment and instructional materials to meet the needs of, or otherwise be part of, hate crime programs; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7DBE74719E8C42DB80DB166501C3760"><enum>(3)</enum><text>professional training and development for teachers and administrators on the causes and effects of hate crimes.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8B443EB30FD4DFA80E3658D59C54D78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year, a local educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDB9654027F774E2F876B1D0072483EA3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing a detailed statement regarding grants and awards, activities of grant recipients, and an evaluation of programs established under this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF3CF35D0066B4492847FA3001697D816"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition of local educational agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this section the term <term>local educational agency</term> has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HBE87E1DB04624EA5A8C423C21EA93580"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HF4E112047DF24B5ABD6051281CF93BA2"><enum>302.</enum><header>College and University hate crime educational grants</header> <subsection id="H358A843B5AB3400E8BF178007DEB6882"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant authorization</header><text>The Secretary of Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) is authorized to award grants to institutions of higher education to improve and provide programs relating to hate crimes for students and faculty of such institutions.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H82CCF44C180941D8B4E92E6F8747C2A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grants under this section may be used to improve and provide programs in institutions of higher education, including—</text> <paragraph id="H0A8A0388552741D18C648F6E527B2B5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development of education and training programs designed to prevent and reduce the incidence of hate crimes;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0DA081CF556A4DBAB1183966CBB9BDAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the development and acquisition of equipment and instructional materials to meet the needs of, or otherwise be part of, hate crime programs; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA2118D3C10954027B3E1EDFC6853A6BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>professional training and development for faculty and administrators on the causes and effects of hate crimes.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC3C14874E5747468D27D7C3C97DC172"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year, an institution of higher education shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H769E79CCA5744661A970F0C70638FB42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing a detailed statement regarding grants and awards, activities of grant recipients, and an evaluation of programs established under this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H68AD5F3B93F44C87838CA41B9F3E4588"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition of institution of higher education</header><text>For the purposes of this section the term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>), but does not include any institution described in section 102(a)(1)(C) of such Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H408AA02706004F3E898E8D007E2CB437"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text> </subsection></section>