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Union Calendar No. 181 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 55 
[Report No. 117–251] 
To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching 
as a hate crime act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2021 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
FEBRUARY 25, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Ms. ESHOO, Ms. OMAR, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mrs. AXNE, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BLUNT 
ROCHESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 
Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 
CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massa-
chusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 
COSTA, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MICHAEL 
F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FOSTER, 
Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HIGGINS of New 
York, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. JONES, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LURIA, Mrs. 
CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 
New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of 
Wisconsin, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH 
of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL, 
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Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
TORRES of New York, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
WELCH, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YAR-
MUTH, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. 
SOTO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. ROSS, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. 
MANNING, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 
WILD, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. VELA, Mr. 
KAHELE, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HORSFORD, Mrs. 
FLETCHER, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. STANTON, Mr. GOMEZ, 
Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. BASS, Mr. MRVAN, 
Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
MFUME, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. KIM 
of New Jersey, Ms. WATERS, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
MORELLE, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
Mr. KHANNA, Mr. DELGADO, Ms. BUSH, Mr. KIND, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. LIEU, Ms. STRICKLAND, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
HIMES, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. STANSBURY, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. 
BROWN of Ohio, Mr. LAMB, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. LEVIN of Michigan 
FEBRUARY 25, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 4, 2021] 
A BILL 
To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to 
specify lynching as a hate crime act. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emmett Till 
Antilynching Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LYNCHING; OTHER CONSPIRACIES. 
Section 249(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) LYNCHING; OTHER
CONSPIRACIES.—Who-
ever conspires to commit any offense under paragraph 
(1), (2), or (3), shall— 
‘‘(A) if death results from the offense, be im-
prisoned for any term of years or for life, fined 
in accordance with this title, or both; or 
‘‘(B) in any other case, be subject to the 
same penalties as the penalties prescribed for the 
offense the commission of which was the object of 
the conspiracy.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 181 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 55 
[Report No. 117–251] 
A BILL 
To amend section 249 of title 18, United States 
Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act. 
FEBRUARY 25, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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