To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend the coverage of the Federal prohibition against hate crimes in order to provide greater protections to persons who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.

Amends the federal criminal code to remove the requirement that a hate crime involve conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5711 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5711

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend the coverage of the 
  Federal prohibition against hate crimes in order to provide greater 
 protections to persons who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2014

 Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Meehan, and 
 Mr. Fattah) 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 extend the coverage of the 
  Federal prohibition against hate crimes in order to provide greater 
 protections to persons who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF COVERAGE OF SECTION 249 OF TITLE 18, UNITED 
              STATES CODE.

    Section 249(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``in subparagraph (b) 
        or''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B).
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