Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7648 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7648

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
   include certain reporting to the uniform crime reporting program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2024

 Mr. Beyer (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
   include certain reporting to the uniform crime reporting program.

    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 ``Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO CREDIBLY REPORT HATE CRIMES.

    Section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Evaluation for Reporting on Hate Crimes.--Beginning not later 
than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act and from 
the data acquired by the Attorney General in accordance with the Hate 
Crimes Statistics Act (34 U.S.C. 41305), the Attorney General shall 
establish a method of evaluating and use such method to evaluate 
whether a covered jurisdiction has credibly reporting hate crimes, 
including whether, for each year, a covered jurisdiction--
            ``(1) has not reported hate crime data to the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation; or
            ``(2) has reported zero hate crime incidents to the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation.
    ``(k) Eligibility.--
            ``(1) In general.--A covered jurisdiction that is found not 
        to have credibly reported hate crimes following an evaluation 
        pursuant to subsection (j) shall not be eligible for an 
        allocation under this section.
            ``(2) Exception.--A covered jurisdiction that is found not 
        to have credibly reported hate crimes following an evaluation 
        pursuant to subsection (j) shall not be subject to a penalty 
        under paragraph (1) if the Attorney General certifies that the 
        covered jurisdiction has conducted significant community hate 
        crime public education and awareness initiatives.
    ``(l) Annual Report.--Each year the Attorney General shall publish 
on the internet website of the Department of Justice a report on the 
covered jurisdictions certified under subsection (k)(2).
    ``(m) Significant Community Hate Crime Public Education and 
Awareness Initiatives.--The term `significant community hate crime 
public education and awareness initiatives' means that a covered 
jurisdiction--
            ``(1) has--
                    ``(A) made substantial progress towards 
                comprehensive reporting hate crimes;
                    ``(B) adopted a policy on identifying, 
                investigating, and reporting hate crimes; and
                    ``(C) developed a standardized system of 
                collecting, analyzing, and reporting hate crimes to the 
                National Incident-Based Reporting System of the Federal 
                Bureau of Investigation; or
            ``(2) may--
                    ``(A) establish a unit or liaison specialized in 
                identifying, investigating, and reporting hate crimes 
                and engaging in community relations functions related 
                to preventing hate crimes; or
                    ``(B) conduct an ongoing and regular public 
                meetings or educational forums on the impact of hate 
                crimes, services available to victims of hate crimes, 
                and any relevant Federal, State, or local laws related 
                to hate crimes.
    ``(n) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered jurisdiction.--The term `covered 
        jurisdiction' means a unit of local government that has a 
        requested a grant under this subpart and has a population of 
        over 100,000 people.
            ``(2) Hate crime.--The term `hate crime' means--
                    ``(A) an act described in section 1(b)(1) of the 
                Hate Crime Statistics Act ((34 U.S.C. 41305(1)(b)(1)); 
                and
                    ``(B) an act in violation of sections 241, 245, 
                247, or 249 of title 18, United States Code.''.
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