ing in any action in furtherance of a white 
supremacy inspired hate crime, or who are 
susceptible to being encouraged to engage 
in actions in furtherance of a white su-
premacy inspired hate crime; 
(ii) could, as determined by a reason-
able person, motivate actions by a person 
predisposed to engaging in a white suprem-
acy inspired hate crime or by a person who 
is susceptible to being encouraged to en-
gage in actions relating to a white suprem-
acy inspired hate crime; and 
(iii) was read, heard, or viewed by a 
person who engaged in the planning, devel-
opment, preparation, or perpetration of a 
white supremacy inspired hate crime. 
(c) DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE AUTHORITY, EN-
FORCEMENT, MONITORING, AND REPORTING.—The De-
partment shall have authority to conduct operations and 
activities pursuant to this section, specifically— 
(1) with regard to information or evidence ob-
tained by the Department of any action cited in this 
section, the Department shall have the authority to 
investigate, intercede, and undertake other actions 
that it deems necessary and appropriate to interdict, 
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mitigate, or prevent such action from culminating in 
violent activity; 
(2) the Department shall have the authority to 
prosecute persons who engaged in actions cited in 
this section; and 
(3) the Uniform Crime Reporting Program in 
the Department of Justice shall maintain records of 
white supremacy inspired hate crimes and related 
actions cited in this section, and enforcement actions 
in response thereto. 
The Department shall provide annual reports to the ap-
propriate committees in Congress that shall include infor-
mation cited in this paragraph. 
SEC. 3. CRIMINAL OFFENSE. 
Section 249(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
by inserting after ‘‘race, color, religion, or national 
origin of any person’’ the following: ‘‘, or because of 
a white supremacy based motivation against any 
person’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
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(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) the offense was in furtherance of 
a white supremacy based motivation.’’. 
SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 
Section 4702 of the Matthew Shepard and James 
Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 249 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) Mass shootings and other hate crimes 
motivated by white supremacy have been increasing 
in frequency and intensity. These heinous and viru-
lent crimes are inspired by conspiracy theories, bla-
tant bigotry, and mythical falsehoods such as ‘‘re-
placement theory’’. All instances must be prevented 
and severe criminal penalties must be applied to 
their perpetrators.’’. 
Æ 
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