(2) dependants of individuals described in para-
graph (1). 
(b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—Assistance provided 
under this section may include— 
(1) short-term housing assistance, including 
rent, utilities payments assistance, and assistance 
with related expenses, such as payment of security 
deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to 
transitional housing; and 
(2) support services designed to enable an indi-
vidual or dependents of such individual to locate and 
secure permanent housing, and to integrate the indi-
vidual or dependents of such individual into a com-
munity, such as transportation, counseling, child 
care services, case management, employment coun-
seling, and other assistance. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section for any fiscal year, a qualified organiza-
tion shall submit an application to the Secretary in such 
form and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—An entity that 
receives a grant under this section shall annually 
prepare and submit to the Secretary a report de-
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scribing the number of individuals and dependents 
assisted, and the types of housing assistance and 
support services provided, under this section. Each 
report shall include information on the purpose and 
amount of housing assistance provided to each indi-
vidual or dependent assisted under this section, and 
the type of support services provided to each indi-
vidual or dependent assisted under this section. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall annually prepare and submit to Congress a re-
port that contains a compilation of the information 
contained in reports submitted under paragraph (1). 
(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under this section shall supplement, and not sup-
plant, other Federal, State, or local funds available to an 
entity to carry out activities described in this section. 
(f) DEFINITION OF HATE CRIME.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘hate crime’’ means a criminal of-
fense in which the prosecutor has determined that the de-
fendant intentionally selected 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, disability, or sex-
ual orientation of any person. 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015. 
SEC. 105. COUNSELING GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
AND
ESTABLISHMENT
OF 
GRANT PROGRAM.—The Attorney General may award 
grants to qualified organizations (as determined by the At-
torney General) to assist in the establishment, mainte-
nance, and expansion of programs and projects to provide 
counseling and related assistance to victims of hate crimes 
and their dependents. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section for any fiscal year, a qualified organiza-
tion shall submit an application to the Attorney General 
in such form and containing such information as the At-
torney General may require. 
(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—The grant funds pro-
vided under this section shall be used to carry out pro-
grams and projects that provide counseling and related as-
sistance to victims of hate crimes and their dependents. 
(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under this section shall supplement, and not sup-
plant, other Federal, State, or local funds available to an 
entity to carry out activities described in this section. 
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion— 
(1) the term ‘‘counseling’’ includes emergency, 
short-term, long-term, individual, and group coun-
seling services; and 
(2) the term ‘‘related assistance’’ includes— 
(A) assistance with respect to obtaining fi-
nancial assistance under Federal and State pro-
grams; 
(B) referrals for appropriate health care 
services; 
(C) legal assistance to provide victims with 
information and assistance through the civil 
and criminal courts; and 
(D) other supportive services, as deter-
mined to be appropriate by the Attorney Gen-
eral. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015. 
TITLE II—RESOURCES 
SEC. 201. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE AND RESOURCE 
CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
NATIONAL
CLEARING-
HOUSE.—The Attorney General may award a grant to a 
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private nonprofit organization to establish and operate a 
national clearinghouse and resource center to collect, pre-
pare, and analyze information and statistics and analyses 
of the information and statistics relating to the incidence 
and prevention of hate crimes. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section a private nonprofit organization shall 
submit to the Attorney General an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Attorney General may require. 
(c) REPORT.—An organization that receives a grant 
under this section shall annually prepare and submit to 
the Attorney General a report on the information and sta-
tistics collected and analyzed by the national clearinghouse 
and resource center. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015. 
SEC. 202. NATIONAL HATE CRIME HOTLINE AND INTERNET 
WEBSITE GRANT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may award 
one or more grants to a qualified organization (as deter-
mined by the Attorney General)— 
(1) to provide for the establishment and oper-
ation of a national, toll-free telephone hotline to pro-
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vide information and assistance to victims of hate 
crimes (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘national hate 
crime hotline’’); and 
(2) to provide for the establishment and oper-
ation of an Internet website to provide information 
and assistance to victims of hate crimes (hereafter 
referred to as the ‘‘hate crime information and as-
sistance website’’). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) NATIONAL HATE CRIME HOTLINE.—An en-
tity that receives a grant under this section for ac-
tivities described in subsection (a)(1) shall use the 
funds made available through the grant to— 
(A) contract with a carrier for the use of 
a toll-free telephone line; 
(B) employ, train, (including technology 
training), and supervise personnel to answer in-
coming calls and provide counseling and refer-
ral services to callers on a 24-hour-a-day basis; 
(C) assemble and maintain a current data-
base of information relating to services for vic-
tims of hate crimes to which callers throughout 
the United States may be referred; and 
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(D) publicize the national hate crime hot-
line to potential users throughout the United 
States. 
(2) WEBSITE.—An entity that receives a grant 
under this section for activities described in sub-
section (a)(2) shall use funds made available 
through the grant to— 
(A) establish and operate a hate crime in-
formation and assistance website; and 
(B) provide information related to the 
services available to victims of hate crimes, in-
cluding health care and mental health, legal, 
and other relevant services. 
(c) APPLICATION.—An application submitted to the 
Attorney General under this subsection shall— 
(1) contain such agreements, assurances, and 
information, be in such form, and be submitted in 
such manner as the Attorney General requires; 
(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 national hate 
crime hotline personnel; 
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(B) the hiring criteria for national hate 
crime hotline personnel; 
(C) a plan for publicizing the availability of 
the national hate crime hotline; 
(D) a plan for providing service to non- 
English speaking callers; and 
(E) a plan for facilitating access to the na-
tional hate crime hotline by hearing impaired 
individuals; and 
(3) in the case of an application for a grant to 
carry out activities described in subsection (a)(2), in-
clude a complete description of the applicant’s plan 
for the operation of a hate crime information and 
assistance website, including— 
(A) a description of the applicant’s plan 
for the development, operation, maintenance, 
and updating of information on and resources 
of the hate crime information and assistance 
website; 
(B) an assurance that the applicant will 
implement a security system to ensure the con-
fidentiality of the hate crime information and 
assistance website, and a description of such se-
curity system; and 
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(C) a description of the applicant’s plan to 
continue operation and maintenance of the hate 
crime information and assistance website after 
Federal funding under this section is no longer 
available. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015. 
SEC. 203. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS RELATING TO 
HATE CRIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency of the 
Federal Government shall, in a manner consistent with 
guidelines prescribed under subsection (b) of this section 
and applicable provisions of law, establish appropriate pre-
vention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs and serv-
ices relating to hate crimes for employees of such agency. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of an agency head 
under this section shall— 
(1) with respect to the judicial branch, be car-
ried out by the Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts; 
(2) with respect to the House of Representa-
tives, be carried out by the Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives; and 
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(3) with respect to the Senate, be carried out 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate. 
(c) GUIDELINES.—The President shall designate one 
agency which shall— 
(1) prescribe guidelines to be used by each 
agency of the Federal Government for programs and 
services under this section; 
(2) on request of any agency, furnish informa-
tion or technical advice on the design or operation 
of any program or service under this section; and 
(3) submit to the President and the Congress, 
before January 1, 2010, and at least every 2 years 
thereafter, a written report on the operation of this 
section, including, with respect to the period covered 
by the report— 
(A) a brief description of each of the var-
ious programs; 
(B) the extent of employee participation in, 
and the costs to the Federal Government asso-
ciated with, each of the various programs and 
services; and 
(C) any other matter which may be appro-
priate to carry out the purposes of this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee as 
defined by section 8101 of title 5, United States 
Code; 
(2) the term ‘‘agency’’ means— 
(A) an Executive agency; 
(B) an entity of the legislative branch; and 
(C) the judicial branch; and 
(3) the term ‘‘entity of the legislative branch’’ 
means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the 
Architect of the Capitol (including the Botanic Gar-
den), the Capitol Police, the Congressional Budget 
Office, the Government Printing Office, and the Li-
brary of Congress. 
TITLE III—EDUCATION AND 
PREVENTION SERVICES 
SEC. 301. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY HATE CRIME 
EDUCATIONAL GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) is authorized to award grants to local educational 
agencies to improve and provide programs relating to hate 
crimes for elementary and secondary students and teach-
ers. 
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(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section may 
be used to improve and provide programs for elementary 
and secondary students and teachers, including— 
(1) the provision of education and training pro-
grams to prevent and reduce the incidence of hate 
crimes; 
(2) the development and acquisition of equip-
ment and instructional materials to meet the needs 
of, or otherwise be part of, hate crime programs; 
and 
(3) professional training and development for 
teachers and administrators on the causes and ef-
fects of hate crimes. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section for any fiscal year, a local educational 
agency shall submit an application to the Secretary in 
such form and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(d) REPORTS.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report containing a de-
tailed statement regarding grants and awards, activities 
of grant recipients, and an evaluation of programs estab-
lished under this section. 
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(e) DEFINITION
OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CY.—For the purposes of this section the term ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015. 
SEC. 302. COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY HATE CRIME EDU-
CATIONAL GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) is authorized to award grants to institutions of 
higher education to improve and provide programs relat-
ing to hate crimes for students and faculty of such institu-
tions. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section may 
be used to improve and provide programs in institutions 
of higher education, including— 
(1) the development of education and training 
programs designed to prevent and reduce the inci-
dence of hate crimes; 
(2) the development and acquisition of equip-
ment and instructional materials to meet the needs 
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of, or otherwise be part of, hate crime programs; 
and 
(3) professional training and development for 
faculty and administrators on the causes and effects 
of hate crimes. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section for any fiscal year, an institution of 
higher education shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary in such form and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
(d) REPORTS.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report containing a de-
tailed statement regarding grants and awards, activities 
of grant recipients, and an evaluation of programs estab-
lished under this section. 
(e) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—For the purposes of this section the term ‘‘insti-
tution of higher education’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002), but does not include any institution de-
scribed in section 102(a)(1)(C) of such Act. 
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(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015. 
Æ 
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