I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6332 
To establish grant programs to provide for the establishment of a national 
hate crime hotline and a hate crime information and assistance website, 
to provide training and education to local law enforcement to prevent 
hate crimes, and to provide assistance to victims of hate crimes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2016 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish grant programs to provide for the establishment 
of a national hate crime hotline and a hate crime infor-
mation and assistance website, to provide training and 
education to local law enforcement to prevent hate 
crimes, and to provide assistance to victims of hate 
crimes. 
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 ‘‘National Hate Crimes 
Hotline Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Nationwide, the number of hate groups in 
the United States increased by 14 percent in 2015 
according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. 
(2) According to the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, of the hate crimes in 2015, 59.2 percent of 
the offenses were racially motived, 19.4 percent were 
motivated by anti-LGBT animus, and 19.7 percent 
targeted religion. 
(3) In 2015, according to the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, 4,482 individuals were victims of 
crimes against persons, and 57.5 percent of these in-
dividuals were victims of assault. 
(4) According to the Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics, an average of more than 250,000 people a year 
are victims of hate crimes, but most incidents are 
not reported. 
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 
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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. 
(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 
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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. 
(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-
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