I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 823 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 3, 2009 Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Stark, and Mr. Cummings) 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 2009.

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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.