Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2588 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2588

  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

                             April 2, 2025

 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 2025''.

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 public 
        education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes.
    ``(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) 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.
            ``(3) Significant community public education and awareness 
        initiatives on hate crimes.--The term `significant community 
        public education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes' 
        means that a covered jurisdiction--
                    ``(A) has--
                            ``(i) made substantial progress towards 
                        comprehensive reporting hate crimes;
                            ``(ii) adopted a policy on identifying, 
                        investigating, and reporting hate crimes; and
                            ``(iii) 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
                    ``(B) may--
                            ``(i) 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
                            ``(ii) 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.''.
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