[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7957 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7957

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope of hate 
                                crimes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2022

  Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Danny K. 
Davis of Illinois, and Ms. Lee of California) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope 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 ``Stop Hate Acts of White Supremacy 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

    Section 249(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting 
        after ``race, color, religion, or national origin of any 
        person'' the following: ``, or because of a white supremacy 
        based motivation against any person''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) the offense was in furtherance of a 
                        white supremacy based motivation.''.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Section 4702 of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes 
Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 249 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(11) Mass shootings and other hate crimes motivated by 
        white supremacy have been increasing in frequency and 
        intensity. These heinous and virulent crimes are inspired by 
        conspiracy theories, blatant bigotry, and mythical falsehoods 
        such as ``replacement theory''. All instances must be prevented 
        and severe criminal penalties must be applied to their 
        perpetrators.''.
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