I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3528 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 30, 2011 Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (for herself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Cohen, and Ms. Moore) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2011.

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Inclusion of homeless

Section 1(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended— (1)in paragraph (1), by inserting homeless status, after sexual orientation,; and (2)by adding the the end the following: (6)As used in this subsection, the term homeless status with respect to an individual, refers to an individual who— (A)lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; or (B)has a primary nighttime residence that is— (i)a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; (ii)a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including motels, hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing; or (iii)housing of other persons in which the individual is temporarily staying due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason. .