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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2383 

To provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants for Staterun hate crime hotlines, and establish additional penalties for individuals 

convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate 

Crimes Prevention Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 8, 2021 

Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Ms. CHU, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Ms. MENG, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. BOST, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. MEIJER, 

Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. LIEU, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. LOFGREN, 

Mr. KATKO, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Mr. DIAZ-BALART) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants 

for State-run hate crime hotlines, and establish additional penalties for individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Khalid Jabara and 

3 Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and 

4 Threats to Equality Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘Jabara-Heyer 

5 NO HATE Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The incidence of violence known as hate 

9 crimes or crimes motivated by bias poses a serious 

10 national problem. 

11 (2) According to data obtained by the Federal 

12 Bureau of Investigation, the incidence of such vio13 lence increased in 2019, the most recent year for 

14 which data is available. 

15 (3) In 1990, Congress enacted the Hate Crime 

16 Statistics Act (Public Law 101–275; 28 U.S.C. 534 

17 note) to provide the Federal Government, law en18 forcement agencies, and the public with data regard19 ing the incidence of hate crime. The Hate Crimes 

20 Statistics Act and the Matthew Shepard and James 

21 Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (division E of 

22 Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2835) have enabled 

23 Federal authorities to understand and, where appro24 priate, investigate and prosecute hate crimes. 

25 (4) A more complete understanding of the na26 tional problem posed by hate crime is in the public 


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1 interest and supports the Federal interest in eradi2 cating bias-motivated violence referenced in section 

3 249(b)(1)(C) of title 18, United States Code. 

4 (5) However, a complete understanding of the 

5 national problem posed by hate crimes is hindered 

6 by incomplete data from Federal, State, and local 

7 jurisdictions through the Uniform Crime Reports 

8 program authorized under section 534 of title 28, 

9 United States Code, and administered by the Fed10 eral Bureau of Investigation. 

11 (6) Multiple factors contribute to the provision 

12 of inaccurate and incomplete data regarding the in13 cidence of hate crime through the Uniform Crime 

14 Reports program. A significant contributing factor is 

15 the quality and quantity of training that State and 

16 local law enforcement agencies receive on the identi17 fication and reporting of suspected bias-motivated 

18 crimes. 

19 (7) The problem of crimes motivated by bias is 

20 sufficiently serious, widespread, and interstate in na21 ture as to warrant Federal financial assistance to 

22 States and local jurisdictions. 

23 (8) Federal financial assistance with regard to 

24 certain violent crimes motivated by bias enables Fed25 eral, State, and local authorities to work together as 


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1 partners in the investigation and prosecution of such 

2 crimes. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) HATE CRIME.—The term ‘‘hate crime’’ 

6 means an act described in section 245, 247, or 249 

7 of title 18, United States Code, or in section 901 of 

8 the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631). 

9 (2) PRIORITY AGENCY.—The term ‘‘priority 

10 agency’’ means— 

11 (A) a law enforcement agency of a unit of 

12 local government that serves a population of not 

13 less than 100,000, as computed by the Federal 

14 Bureau of Investigation; or 

15 (B) a law enforcement agency of a unit of 

16 local government that— 

17 (i) serves a population of not less than 

18 50,000 and less than 100,000, as com19 puted by the Federal Bureau of Investiga20 tion; and 

21 (ii) has reported no hate crimes 

22 through the Uniform Crime Reports pro23 gram in each of the 3 most recent calendar 

24 years for which such data is available. 


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1 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean2 ing given the term in section 901 of title I of the 

3 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

4 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 

5 (4) UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS.—The term 

6 ‘‘Uniform Crime Reports’’ means the reports author7 ized under section 534 of title 28, United States 

8 Code, and administered by the Federal Bureau of 

9 Investigation that compile nationwide criminal sta10 tistics for use— 

11 (A) in law enforcement administration, op12 eration, and management; and 

13 (B) to assess the nature and type of crime 

14 in the United States. 

15 (5) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 

16 ‘‘unit of local government’’ has the meaning given 

17 the term in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus 

18 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

19 U.S.C. 10251). 

20 SEC. 4. REPORTING OF HATE CRIMES. 

21 (a) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 

23 make grants to States and units of local government 

24 to assist the State or unit of local government in im25 plementing the National Incident-Based Reporting 


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1 System, including to train employees in identifying 

2 and classifying hate crimes in the National Incident3 Based Reporting System. 

4 (2) PRIORITY.—In making grants under para5 graph (1), the Attorney General shall give priority to 

6 States and units of local government with larger 

7 populations. 

8 (b) REPORTING.— 

9 (1) COMPLIANCE.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

11 subparagraph (B), in each fiscal year beginning 

12 after the date that is 3 years after the date on 

13 which a State or unit of local government first 

14 receives a grant under subsection (a), the State 

15 or unit of local government shall provide to the 

16 Attorney General, through the Uniform Crime 

17 Reporting system, information pertaining to 

18 hate crimes committed in that jurisdiction dur19 ing the preceding fiscal year. 

20 (B) EXTENSIONS; WAIVER.—The Attorney 

21 General— 

22 (i) may provide a 120-day extension 

23 to a State or unit of local government that 

24 is making good faith efforts to comply with 

25 subparagraph (A); and 


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1 (ii) shall waive the requirements of 

2 subparagraph (A) if compliance with that 

3 subparagraph by a State or unit of local 

4 government would be unconstitutional 

5 under the constitution of the State or of 

6 the State in which the unit of local govern7 ment is located, respectively. 

8 (2) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If a State or unit of 

9 local government that receives a grant under sub10 section (a) fails to substantially comply with para11 graph (1) of this subsection, the State or unit of 

12 local government shall repay the grant in full, plus 

13 reasonable interest and penalty charges allowable by 

14 law or established by the Attorney General. 

15 SEC. 5. GRANTS FOR STATE-RUN HATE CRIME HOTLINES. 

16 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

18 make grants to States to create State-run hate 

19 crime reporting hotlines. 

20 (2) GRANT PERIOD.—A grant made under 

21 paragraph (1) shall be for a period of not more than 

22 5 years. 

23 (b) HOTLINE REQUIREMENTS.—A State shall ensure, 

24 with respect to a hotline funded by a grant under sub25 section (a), that— 


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1 (1) the hotline directs individuals to— 

2 (A) law enforcement if appropriate; and 

3 (B) local support services; 

4 (2) any personally identifiable information that 

5 an individual provides to an agency of the State 

6 through the hotline is not directly or indirectly dis7 closed, without the consent of the individual, to— 

8 (A) any other agency of that State; 

9 (B) any other State; 

10 (C) the Federal Government; or 

11 (D) any other person or entity; 

12 (3) the staff members who operate the hotline 

13 are trained to be knowledgeable about— 

14 (A) applicable Federal, State, and local 

15 hate crime laws; and 

16 (B) local law enforcement resources and 

17 applicable local support services; and 

18 (4) the hotline is accessible to— 

19 (A) individuals with limited English pro20 ficiency, where appropriate; and 

21 (B) individuals with disabilities. 

22 (c) BEST PRACTICES.—The Attorney General shall 

23 issue guidance to States on best practices for imple24 menting the requirements of subsection (b). 


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1 SEC. 6. INFORMATION COLLECTION BY STATES AND UNITS 

2 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) APPLICABLE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘applica5 ble agency’’, with respect to an eligible entity that 

6 is— 

7 (A) a State, means— 

8 (i) a law enforcement agency of the 

9 State; and 

10 (ii) a law enforcement agency of a 

11 unit of local government within the State 

12 that— 

13 (I) is a priority agency; and 

14 (II) receives a subgrant from the 

15 State under this section; and 

16 (B) a unit of local government, means a 

17 law enforcement agency of the unit of local gov18 ernment that is a priority agency. 

19 (2) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 

20 agency’’ means— 

21 (A) a State law enforcement agency; and 

22 (B) a priority agency. 

23 (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti24 ty’’ means— 

25 (A) a State; or 


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1 (B) a unit of local government that has a 

2 priority agency. 

3 (b) GRANTS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 

5 make grants to eligible entities to assist covered 

6 agencies within the jurisdiction of the eligible entity 

7 in conducting law enforcement activities or crime re8 duction programs to prevent, address, or otherwise 

9 respond to hate crime, particularly as those activities 

10 or programs relate to reporting hate crimes through 

11 the Uniform Crime Reports program, including— 

12 (A) adopting a policy on identifying, inves13 tigating, and reporting hate crimes; 

14 (B) developing a standardized system of 

15 collecting, analyzing, and reporting the inci16 dence of hate crime; 

17 (C) establishing a unit specialized in iden18 tifying, investigating, and reporting hate 

19 crimes; 

20 (D) engaging in community relations func21 tions related to hate crime prevention and edu22 cation such as— 

23 (i) establishing a liaison with formal 

24 community-based organizations or leaders; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) conducting public meetings or 

2 educational forums on the impact of hate 

3 crimes, services available to hate crime vic4 tims, and the relevant Federal, State, and 

5 local laws pertaining to hate crimes; and 

6 (E) providing hate crime trainings for 

7 agency personnel. 

8 (2) SUBGRANTS.—A State that receives a grant 

9 under paragraph (1) may award a subgrant to a pri10 ority agency of a unit of local government within the 

11 State for the purposes under that paragraph. 

12 (c) INFORMATION REQUIRED OF STATES AND UNITS

13 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year in 

15 which an eligible entity receives a grant under sub16 section (b), the eligible entity shall— 

17 (A) collect information from each applica18 ble agency summarizing the law enforcement 

19 activities or crime reduction programs con20 ducted by the agency to prevent, address, or 

21 otherwise respond to hate crime, particularly as 

22 those activities or programs relate to reporting 

23 hate crimes through the Uniform Crime Re24 ports program; and 


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1 (B) submit to the Attorney General a re2 port containing the information collected under 

3 subparagraph (A). 

4 (2) SEMIANNUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

5 REPORT.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—In collecting the infor7 mation required under paragraph (1)(A), an eli8 gible entity shall require each applicable agency 

9 to submit a semiannual report to the eligible 

10 entity that includes a summary of the law en11 forcement activities or crime reduction pro12 grams conducted by the agency during the re13 porting period to prevent, address, or otherwise 

14 respond to hate crime, particularly as those ac15 tivities or programs relate to reporting hate 

16 crimes through the Uniform Crime Reports pro17 gram. 

18 (B) CONTENTS.—In a report submitted 

19 under subparagraph (A), a law enforcement 

20 agency shall, at a minimum, disclose— 

21 (i) whether the agency has adopted a 

22 policy on identifying, investigating, and re23 porting hate crimes; 

24 (ii) whether the agency has developed 

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1 lyzing, and reporting the incidence of hate 

2 crime; 

3 (iii) whether the agency has estab4 lished a unit specialized in identifying, in5 vestigating, and reporting hate crimes; 

6 (iv) whether the agency engages in 

7 community relations functions related to 

8 hate crime, such as— 

9 (I) establishing a liaison with for10 mal community-based organizations or 

11 leaders; and 

12 (II) conducting public meetings 

13 or educational forums on the impact 

14 of hate crime, services available to 

15 hate crime victims, and the relevant 

16 Federal, State, and local laws per17 taining to hate crime; and 

18 (v) the number of hate crime 

19 trainings for agency personnel, including 

20 the duration of the trainings, conducted by 

21 the agency during the reporting period. 

22 (d) COMPLIANCE AND REDIRECTION OF FUNDS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para24 graph (2), beginning not later than 1 year after the 

25 date of this Act, an eligible entity receiving a grant 


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1 under subsection (b) shall comply with subsection 

2 (c). 

3 (2) EXTENSIONS; WAIVER.—The Attorney Gen4 eral— 

5 (A) may provide a 120-day extension to an 

6 eligible entity that is making good faith efforts 

7 to collect the information required under sub8 section (c); and 

9 (B) shall waive the requirements of sub10 section (c) for a State or unit of local govern11 ment if compliance with that subsection by the 

12 State or unit of local government would be un13 constitutional under the constitution of the 

14 State or of the State in which the unit of local 

15 government is located, respectively. 

16 SEC. 7. REQUIREMENTS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 

17 (a) INFORMATION COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS; RE18 PORT.—In order to improve the accuracy of data regard19 ing the incidence of hate crime provided through the Uni20 form Crime Reports program, and promote a more com21 plete understanding of the national problem posed by hate 

22 crime, the Attorney General shall— 

23 (1) collect and analyze the information provided 

24 by States and units of local government under sec25 tion 6 for the purpose of developing policies related 


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1 to the provision of accurate data obtained under the 

2 Hate Crime Statistics Act (Public Law 101–275; 28 

3 U.S.C. 534 note) by the Federal Bureau of Inves4 tigation; and 

5 (2) for each calendar year beginning after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, publish and submit to 

7 Congress a report based on the information collected 

8 and analyzed under paragraph (1). 

9 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—A report submitted 

10 under subsection (a) shall include— 

11 (1) a qualitative analysis of the relationship be12 tween— 

13 (A) the number of hate crimes reported by 

14 State law enforcement agencies or priority 

15 agencies through the Uniform Crime Reports 

16 program; and 

17 (B) the nature and extent of law enforce18 ment activities or crime reduction programs 

19 conducted by those agencies to prevent, ad20 dress, or otherwise respond to hate crime; and 

21 (2) a quantitative analysis of the number of 

22 State law enforcement agencies and priority agencies 

23 that have— 

24 (A) adopted a policy on identifying, inves25 tigating, and reporting hate crimes; 


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1 (B) developed a standardized system of 

2 collecting, analyzing, and reporting the inci3 dence of hate crime; 

4 (C) established a unit specialized in identi5 fying, investigating, and reporting hate crimes; 

6 (D) engaged in community relations func7 tions related to hate crime, such as— 

8 (i) establishing a liaison with formal 

9 community-based organizations or leaders; 

10 and 

11 (ii) conducting public meetings or 

12 educational forums on the impact of hate 

13 crime, services available to hate crime vic14 tims, and the relevant Federal, State, and 

15 local laws pertaining to hate crime; and 

16 (E) conducted hate crime trainings for 

17 agency personnel during the reporting period, 

18 including— 

19 (i) the total number of trainings con20 ducted by each agency; and 

21 (ii) the duration of the trainings de22 scribed in clause (i). 

23 SEC. 8. ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING. 

24 Section 249 of title 18, United States Code, is 

25 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) SUPERVISED RELEASE.—If a court includes, as 

2 a part of a sentence of imprisonment imposed for a viola3 tion of subsection (a), a requirement that the defendant 

4 be placed on a term of supervised release after imprison5 ment under section 3583, the court may order, as an ex6 plicit condition of supervised release, that the defendant 

7 undertake educational classes or community service di8 rectly related to the community harmed by the defendant’s 

9 offense.’’. 

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