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Timestamp: 2020-07-07 04:26:24
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 249', '§4707', '§4711', '§4709', '§4710', '§4702']

[USC02] 18 USC 249: Hate crime acts
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18 USC 249: Hate crime acts Text contains those laws in effect on July 6, 2020
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(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-
(B) shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined in accordance with this title, or both, if-
(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-
(ii) shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined in accordance with this title, or both, if-
(B) Circumstances described.-For purposes of subparagraph (A), the circumstances described in this subparagraph are that-
(i) the conduct described in subparagraph (A) occurs during the course of, or as the result of, the travel of the defendant or the victim-
(iv) the conduct described in subparagraph (A)-
(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.
(Added and amended Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, §§4707(a), 4711, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2838 , 2842.)
2009-Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 111–84, §4711, added par. (4).
Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, §4709, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2841 , which related to severability of provisions, was editorially reclassified as section 30505 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, §4710, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2841 , which related to construction, was editorially reclassified as section 30506 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, §4702, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2835 , which set out Congressional findings related to hate crimes, was editorially reclassified as section 30501 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.