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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6346 

To require that States and units of local government that receive funds 

under subpart I of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) report information 

pertaining to hate crimes to the Attorney General for inclusion in the 

Uniform Crime Reports and National Incident-Based Reporting System, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2016 

Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. NORTON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 

Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. DELBENE, 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KIND, Mr. POLIS, Mr. 

COHEN, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. KILDEE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require that States and units of local government that 

receive funds under subpart I of part E of title I of 

the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) report information pertaining to hate crimes to the Attorney General for inclusion in the Uniform Crime Reports and National Incident-Based Reporting System, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘National Observations 

3 of Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality Act of 2016’’ 

4 or the ‘‘NO HATE Act of 2016’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REPORTING OF HATE CRIMES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local govern7 ment that receives funds under subpart I of part E of title 

8 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

9 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) shall provide to the Attor10 ney General information pertaining to hate crimes com11 mitted in that jurisdiction for the previous fiscal year. In 

12 the case of a State or unit of local government that fails 

13 substantially to provide the information required under 

14 this subsection, the Attorney General shall withhold the 

15 amount that would otherwise be awarded to that State or 

16 unit of local government under such grant program in the 

17 following fiscal year. 

18 (b) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN CRIME RE19 PORTS.—The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga20 tion shall include the information received under sub21 section (a) in the Uniform Crime Reports and the Na22 tional Incident-Based Reporting System. 

23 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

24 (1) The term ‘‘Uniform Crime Reports’’ means 

25 the reports authorized under section 534 of title 28, 

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1 eral Bureau of Investigation which compiles nation2 wide criminal statistics for use in law enforcement 

3 administration, operation, and management and to 

4 assess the nature and type of crime in the United 

5 States. 

6 (2) The term ‘‘hate crime’’ means a criminal of7 fense against a person or property motivated in 

8 whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, 

9 religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gen10 der, or gender identity. 

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