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                                                 Union Calendar No. 181
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 H. R. 55

                          [Report No. 117-251]

   To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify 
                     lynching as a hate crime act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2021

   Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                           February 25, 2022

 Additional sponsors: Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Omar, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Axne, 
Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Blunt Rochester, 
   Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. 
  Butterfield, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of 
 Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New 
  York, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Ms. Craig, Mr. Danny K. 
 Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Demings, 
Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. 
Evans, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Higgins 
 of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
 Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. 
Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. 
 Lee of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Luria, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney 
 of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
     McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Ms. Newman, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
  Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New 
   York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith 
 of Washington, Ms. Speier, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. 
 Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres 
of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Williams 
of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mrs. 
  Lawrence, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Soto, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Neguse, Mr. 
Cuellar, Ms. Ross, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Thompson of 
  California, Ms. Manning, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Adams, Mr. Schneider, Mr. 
   Veasey, Ms. Wild, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Vela, Mr. 
 Kahele, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Horsford, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. 
 San Nicolas, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. 
  Matsui, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Bass, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. 
Bourdeaux, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Jacobs of California, 
    Mr. Keating, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
Cleaver, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, 
    Mr. McNerney, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Delgado, Ms. Bush, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
   McEachin, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Slotkin, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Lieu, Ms. 
 Strickland, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, 
Mr. Himes, Mr. Langevin, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. 
 Gohmert, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Brown of 
          Ohio, Mr. Lamb, Ms. Titus, and Mr. Levin of Michigan

                           February 25, 2022

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                                4, 2021]

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify 
                     lynching as a hate crime act.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emmett Till Antilynching Act''.

SEC. 2. LYNCHING; OTHER CONSPIRACIES.

    Section 249(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Lynching; other conspiracies.--Whoever conspires to 
        commit any offense under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), shall--
                    ``(A) if death results from the offense, be 
                imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined in 
                accordance with this title, or both; or
                    ``(B) in any other case, be subject to the same 
                penalties as the penalties prescribed for the offense 
                the commission of which was the object of the 
                conspiracy.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 181

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                H. R. 55

                          [Report No. 117-251]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify 
                     lynching as a hate crime act.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 25, 2022

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed