[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1440. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 937, to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 
hate crimes, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. REPORT ON DISCRIMINATION BY RECIPIENTS OF COVID-19 
                   RELIEF BENEFITS BASED ON ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED 
                   COVID-19 STATUS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) all forms of hatred against all people and the rise in 
     violence in the wake of COVID-19 be condemned; and
       (2) physical and verbal attacks against Asian American and 
     Pacific Islander persons, such as those resulting in the 
     killing an 84-year old Thai immigrant in San Francisco, 
     California, the setting on fire of an 89-year old Chinese 
     woman in Brooklyn, New York, and the slashing of a 61-year 
     old Filipino American's face with a box cutter while in the 
     New York Subway, are reprehensible, contrary to American 
     values as well as the sanctity of human life, and must be 
     stopped.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``COVID-19 relief benefits''--
       (A) means any benefit from the Federal Government relating 
     to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
       (B) includes any grant, funds, loan, loan guarantee, 
     bankruptcy relief, mortgage, rent, or eviction relief, or 
     other benefit received under the American Rescue Plan (Public 
     Law 117-2), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
     Law 116-260), the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 Stat. 620), the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 281), the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127; 134 Stat. 
     178), the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123; 134 Stat. 146), 
     or an amendment made by any such Act; and
       (2) the term ``crime of violence'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 16 of title 18, United States Code.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 
     Congress a report that studies--
       (1) crimes of violence motivated by the actual or perceived 
     relationship of any individual to the spread of COVID-19 for 
     any reason, including appearance, mask wearing, or 
     vaccination status; and
       (2) the extent to which businesses that received COVID-19 
     relief benefits discriminated against individuals who are 
     perceived to have spread COVID-19, which shall specifically 
     detail the extent to which businesses that received COVID-19 
     relief benefits, or agents thereof, denied goods, services, 
     or travel, or committed a crime of violence, because of the 
     actual or perceived relationship of any individual to the 
     spread of COVID-19 for any reason, including appearance, mask 
     wearing, or vaccination status.

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