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18 U.S.C. § 249 - U.S. Code Title 18. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 249 | FindLaw
18 U.S.C. § 249 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 18. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 249. Hate crime acts
(a) In general. --
(1) Offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin. --Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any person--
(2) Offenses involving actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. --
(A) In general. --Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, in any circumstance described in subparagraph (B) or paragraph (3), willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person--
(B) Circumstances described. --For purposes of subparagraph (A), the circumstances described in this subparagraph are that--
(3) Offenses occurring in the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States. --Whoever, within the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States, engages in conduct described in paragraph (1) or in paragraph (2)(A) (without regard to whether that conduct occurred in a circumstance described in paragraph (2)(B)) shall be subject to the same penalties as prescribed in those paragraphs.
(4) Guidelines. --All prosecutions conducted by the United States under this section shall be undertaken pursuant to guidelines issued by the Attorney General, or the designee of the Attorney General, to be included in the United States Attorneys' Manual that shall establish neutral and objective criteria for determining whether a crime was committed because of the actual or perceived status of any person.
(b) Certification requirement. --
(1) In general. --No prosecution of any offense described in this subsection may be undertaken by the United States, except under the certification in writing of the Attorney General, or a designee, that--
(2) Rule of construction. --Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of Federal officers, or a Federal grand jury, to investigate possible violations of this section.
(c) Definitions. --In this section--
(d) Statute of limitations. --
(1) Offenses not resulting in death. --Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense under this section unless the indictment for such offense is found, or the information for such offense is instituted, not later than 7 years after the date on which the offense was committed.
(2) Death resulting offenses. --An indictment or information alleging that an offense under this section resulted in death may be found or instituted at any time without limitation.
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