[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7277 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7277

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the time of 
 imprisonment for an additional offense involving actual or perceived 
               race, color, religion, or national origin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2024

Mr. D'Esposito (for himself, Mr. Nickel, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. Thanedar) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the time of 
 imprisonment for an additional offense involving actual or perceived 
               race, color, religion, or national origin.

    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 ``Halt Hate Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. PREVIOUS HATE CRIME ACTS.

    Section 249(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) the defendant has previously been 
                        convicted of an offense under this paragraph or 
                        has been convicted of committing a State felony 
                        offense because of the actual or perceived 
                        race, color, religion, or national origin of 
                        any person.''.
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