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This Act may be cited as the ''Bias Crimes Compensation Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL RIGHTS.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) bias-motivated crimes of violence constitute crimes in
violation of the victim's right to be free from discrimination
on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, gender,
religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or
physical or mental disability;
(2) State and Federal criminal laws do not adequately
protect against the bias element of bias-motivated crimes of
violence, which separates these crimes from acts of random
violence, nor do those laws adequately provide victims of bias-
motivated crimes of violence the opportunity to vindicate their
interests;
(3) existing bias and discrimination in the criminal
justice system often deprive victims of bias-motivated crimes
of violence of equal protection of the laws and the redress to
which they are entitled;
(4) bias-motivated crimes of violence have a substantial
adverse effect on interstate commerce, by deterring potential
victims from traveling interstate, from engaging in employment
in interstate business, and from transacting with business, and
in places involved, in interstate commerce;
(5) bias-motivated crimes of violence have a substantial
adverse effect on interstate commerce, by diminishing national
productivity, increasing medical and other costs, and
decreasing the supply of and the demand for interstate
products;
(6) a Federal civil rights claim, as created in this
section, is necessary to guarantee equal protection of the laws
and to reduce the substantial adverse effects of bias-motivated
crimes of violence on interstate commerce; and
(7) victims of bias-motivated crimes of violence have a
right to equal protection of the laws, including a system of
justice that is unaffected by bias or discrimination and that,
at every relevant stage, treats such crimes as seriously as
other violent crimes.
(b) Right.--All individuals within the United States, and the
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,
shall have the right to be free from bias-motivated crimes of violence.
(c) Claim.--Any person, including a person who acts under color of
any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State, who
deprives an individual of the right secured by subsection (b) shall be
liable to the individual injured, in a civil action in any court of
competent jurisdiction, for compensatory damages of not less than
$100,000, punitive damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or
any combination thereof.
(d) Limitation, Procedure, and Rule of Construction.--
(1) Limitation.--Nothing in this section entitles an
individual to a claim under subsection (c) for random acts of
violence unrelated to bias or for acts that cannot be
demonstrated, by a preponderance of the evidence, to be bias-
motivated crimes of violence.
(2) No prior criminal action.--Nothing in this section
requires a prior criminal complaint, prosecution, or conviction
to establish the necessary elements of a claim under subsection
(c).
(3) Concurrent jurisdiction.--The Federal and State courts
shall have concurrent jurisdiction over actions brought
pursuant to this section.
(4) Rule of construction.--Neither section 1367 of title 28
of the United States Code nor subsection (c) of this section
shall be construed, by reason of a claim arising under such
subsection, to confer on the courts of the United States
supplemental jurisdiction of any State law claim seeking the
establishment of a divorce, alimony, equitable distribution of
marital property, or child custody decree.
(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
(1) the term ''bias-motivated'' means committed because of,
on the basis of, and due to (at least in part) an animus based
on, actual or perceived race, color, gender, religion, national
origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or physical or mental
disability of the victim;
(2) the term ''crime of violence'' means--
(A) an act or series of acts that would constitute
State or Federal offense of a kind described in section
16 of title 18, United States Code, and punishable by a
maximum term of imprisonment exceeding one year, but
excludes an offense against property that presents no
serious risk of physical or mental disability injury to
an individual; or
(B) one or more actions that would constitute such
offense but for the relationship between the person who
takes such actions and the individual against whom such
actions are taken;
whether or not such offense or such actions result in criminal
charges, prosecution, or conviction and whether or not such
actions were taken within the United States or the special
maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States;
(3) the term ''disability'' has the meaning given it in
section 3(2) of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12102(2)); and
(4) the term ''special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States'' has the meaning given such
term in section 7 of title 18, United States Code.
(f) Limitation on Removal.--Section 1445 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(e) A civil action in any State court arising under section 2 of
the Bias Crimes Compensation Act of 1993 may not be removed to any
district court of the United States.''.
(g) Authority To Award Attorney's Fee.--Section 722(b) of the
Revised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1988(b)) is amended by
inserting ''section 2 of the Bias Crimes Compensation Act of 1993,''
after ''Public Law 92-318,''.
Student:
Bias Crimes Compensation Act of 1997 - Declares that all individuals within the United States, and its special maritime and territorial jurisdiction, shall have the right to be free from bias-motivated crimes of violence.
Makes any person, including one who acts under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State, who deprives an individual of such right, liable to the individual injured, in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, for compensatory damages of not less than $100,000, punitive damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or any combination thereof.
Specifies that nothing in this Act: (1) entitles an individual to a claim herein for random acts of violence unrelated to bias or for acts that cannot be demonstrated, by a preponderance of the evidence, to be bias-motivated crimes of violence; and (2) requires a prior criminal complaint, prosecution, or conviction to establish the necessary elements of such a claim.
Grants the Federal and State courts concurrent jurisdiction over actions brought under this Act.
Prohibits a civil action in State court arising under this Act from being removed to U.S. district court.
Authorizes the court to award attorney's fees to the prevailing party in cases brought under this Act, subject to specified limitations.