[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2219 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2219

      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
 Administration to update a report on the role of telecommunications, 
       including the Internet, in the commission of hate crimes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2014

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
 Administration to update a report on the role of telecommunications, 
       including the Internet, in the commission of hate 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 ``Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. REPORT.

    Section 155 of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (enacted as section 135 of Public Law 
102-538; 106 Stat. 3542) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 155. REPORT ON THE ROLE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN HATE CRIMES.

    ``(a) Report Required.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of the Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014, the NTIA, with the 
assistance of the Department of Justice, the Commission, and the United 
States Commission on Civil Rights, shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate on 
the role of telecommunications in hate crimes in accordance with 
subsection (b).
    ``(b) Scope of Report.--The report required under subsection (a) 
shall--
            ``(1) analyze information on the use of telecommunications, 
        including the Internet, broadcast television and radio, cable 
        television, public access television, commercial mobile 
        services, and other electronic media, to advocate and encourage 
        violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate, as described 
        in the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note);
            ``(2) include any recommendations, consistent with the 
        First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, that 
        the NTIA determines are appropriate and necessary to address 
        the use of telecommunications described in paragraph (1); and
            ``(3) update the previous report submitted under this 
        section (as in effect before the date of enactment of the Hate 
        Crime Reporting Act of 2014).''.
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