SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Nationwide, the number of hate groups in 
the United States has increased by 67 percent since 
2000 according to the Southern Poverty Law Cen-
ter. 
(2) According to the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, 57 percent of offenses based on perceived 
ethnicity or national origin stemmed from anti- 
Latino bias. 
(3) Between 2003 through 2006 and 2007 
through 2011 the percentage of hate crimes moti-
vated by religious bias more than doubled from 10 
percent to 21 percent. 
(4) Violent hate crime increased more than 30 
percent as a proportion of all nonfatal violent crime, 
from 3 percent in 2003 through 2006 to 4 percent 
in 2007 through 2011. 
(5) In New York State— 
(A) hate crimes grew 30 percent between 
2011 and 2012; 
(B) 26 percent of all hate crimes reported 
were due to an individual’s sexual orientation or 
perceived sexual orientation in 2012; 
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(C) anti-Black hate crimes made up 25 
percent of reported hate crimes against people 
in 2012; and 
(D) 22 percent of total hate crimes were 
anti-Jewish, while almost 65 percent of all 
property hate crimes were anti-Jewish in 2012. 
(6) According to the Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics, an average of more than 250,000 people a year 
are victims of hate crimes. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL HATE CRIME HOTLINE AND HATE CRIME 
INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE WEBSITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may award 
one or more grants to private, nonprofit entities— 
(1) to provide for the establishment and oper-
ation of a national, toll-free telephone hotline to pro-
vide information and assistance to victims of hate 
crimes (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
‘‘national hate crime hotline’’); and 
(2) to provide for the establishment and oper-
ation of a highly secure Internet website to provide 
that information and assistance to such victims 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘hate 
crime information and assistance website’’). 
(b) DURATION.—A grant under this section may ex-
tend over a period of not more than 5 years. 
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(c) ANNUAL APPROVAL.—The provision of payments 
under a grant awarded under this section shall be subject 
to annual approval by the Attorney General and subject 
to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year 
to make the payments. 
(d) HOTLINE ACTIVITIES.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section for activities described, in whole 
or in part, in subsection (a)(1) shall use funds made avail-
able through the grant to establish and operate a national 
hate crime hotline. In establishing and operating the hot-
line, the entity shall— 
(1) contract with a carrier for the use of a toll- 
free telephone line; 
(2) employ, train (including technology train-
ing), and supervise personnel to answer incoming 
calls and provide counseling and referral services to 
callers on a 24-hour-a-day basis; 
(3) assemble and maintain a current database 
of information relating to services for victims of hate 
crimes to which callers throughout the United States 
may be referred; 
(4) publicize the national hate crime hotline to 
potential users throughout the United States; and 
(5) be prohibited from asking hotline callers 
about their citizenship status. 
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(e) SECURE WEBSITE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section for activities described, in 
whole or in part, in subsection (a)(2) shall use funds 
made available through the grant to provide grants 
for startup and operational costs associated with es-
tablishing and operating a hate crime information 
and assistance website. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The hate crime informa-
tion and assistance website shall be available to the 
entity operating the national hate crime hotline. 
(3) INFORMATION.—The hate crime informa-
tion and assistance website shall provide accurate in-
formation that describes the services available to vic-
tims of hate crimes, including health care and men-
tal health services, social services, transportation, 
and other relevant services. 
(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to require any shelter or 
service provider, whether public or private, to be 
linked to the hate crime information and assistance 
website or to provide information to the recipient of 
the grant described in paragraph (1) or to the 
website. 
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(f) APPLICATION.—The Attorney General may not 
award a grant under this section unless the Attorney Gen-
eral approves an application for such grant. To be ap-
proved by the Attorney General under this subsection an 
application shall— 
(1) contain such agreements, assurances, and 
information, be in such form, and be submitted in 
such manner, as the Attorney General shall pre-
scribe through notice in the Federal Register; 
(2) in the case of an application for a grant to 
carry out activities described in subsection (a)(1), in-
clude a complete description of the applicant’s plan 
for the operation of a national hate crime hotline, in-
cluding descriptions of— 
(A) the training program for hotline per-
sonnel, including technology training to ensure 
that all persons affiliated with the hotline are 
able to effectively operate any technological sys-
tems used by the hotline; 
(B) the hiring criteria for hotline per-
sonnel; 
(C) the methods for the creation, mainte-
nance, and updating of a resource database; 
(D) a plan for publicizing the availability 
of the hotline; 
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(E) a plan for providing service to non- 
English speaking callers, including service 
through hotline personnel who speak Spanish; 
and 
(F) a plan for facilitating access to the 
hotline by persons with hearing impairments; 
(3) in the case of an application for a grant to 
carry out activities described in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) include a complete description of the 
applicant’s plan for the development, operation, 
maintenance, and updating of information and 
resources of the hate crime information and as-
sistance website; 
(B) include a certification that the appli-
cant will implement a high level security system 
to ensure the confidentiality of the website, tak-
ing into consideration the safety of hate crime 
victims; and 
(C) include an assurance that, after the 
third year of the website project, the recipient 
of the grant will develop a plan to secure other 
public or private funding resources to ensure 
the continued operation and maintenance of the 
website; 
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(4) demonstrate that the applicant has recog-
nized expertise in the area of hate crimes and a 
record of high quality service to victims of hate 
crimes, including a demonstration of support from 
advocacy groups; 
(5) demonstrate that the applicant has a com-
mitment to diversity, and to the provision of services 
to ethnic, racial, religious, and non-English speaking 
minorities, in addition to older individuals, individ-
uals with disabilities, and individuals of various gen-
der, gender identity, and sexual orientation; and 
(6) contain such other information as the Attor-
ney General may require. 
(g) HATE CRIME DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
Act, the term ‘‘hate crime’’ means a crime in which the 
defendant intentionally selects a victim, or in the case of 
a property crime, the property that is the object of the 
crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, reli-
gion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, 
disability, sexual orientation, perceived sexual identifica-
tion, or perceived gender identity of any person. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $3,500,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019. 
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(2) WEBSITE.—Of the amounts appropriated 
pursuant to paragraph (1) for a year, not less than 
10 percent shall be used for purposes of carrying out 
subsection (a)(2). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds authorized to be ap-
propriated under paragraph (1) may remain avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 4. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may award 
grants to eligible State and local law enforcement entities 
for educational and training programs on solving hate 
crimes (as defined in section 1(g)) and establishing com-
munity dialogues with groups whose members are at-risk 
of being victims of such hate crimes. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), a State or local law enforcement en-
tity must be in compliance with reporting requirements 
applicable to such entity pursuant to the Hate Crimes Sta-
tistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2015 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
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SEC. 5. LOCAL RESOURCES TO COMBAT HATE CRIMES 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish a grant program within the Office for Victims of 
Crime in the Office of Justice Programs, under which the 
Attorney General may award grants to local community 
based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and faith- 
based organizations to establish or expand local programs 
and activities that serve targeted areas and that provide 
legal, health (including physical and mental health), and 
other support services to victims of hate crimes (as defined 
in section (1)(g)). Grant funds may be used for activities 
including hiring counselors and providing training, re-
sources, language support services, and information to 
such victims. 
(b) TARGETED AREA DEFINED.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘targeted area’’ means an area with 
a demonstrated lack of resources, as determined by the 
Attorney General, for victims of hate crimes. 
(c) FUNDING RESTRICTION.—None of the funds from 
a grant made under this section may be used— 
(1) by an organization that discriminates 
against an individual on the basis of religion; or 
(2) for purposes of promoting religious beliefs 
or views. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2015 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
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