[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8651 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8651

     To acknowledge the crime of lynching, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2020

  Mr. Amash introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To acknowledge the crime of lynching, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING LYNCHING.

    Section 249(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Offenses involving lynching.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Whoever, acting with one or more 
                individuals, engages in conduct described in paragraph 
                (1) or (2) that results in death, shall be subject to 
                the same penalties as prescribed in those paragraphs.
                    ``(B) Limitation on prosecution.--A person who is 
                prosecuted for unlawful conduct under this paragraph 
                may not be prosecuted for the same conduct under 
                paragraph (1) or (2).''.
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