[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2588 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2588
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
include certain reporting to the uniform crime reporting program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 2, 2025
Mr. Beyer (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
include certain reporting to the uniform crime reporting program.
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 ``Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate
Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO CREDIBLY REPORT HATE CRIMES.
Section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Evaluation for Reporting on Hate Crimes.--Beginning not later
than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act and from
the data acquired by the Attorney General in accordance with the Hate
Crimes Statistics Act (34 U.S.C. 41305), the Attorney General shall
establish a method of evaluating and use such method to evaluate
whether a covered jurisdiction has credibly reporting hate crimes,
including whether, for each year, a covered jurisdiction--
``(1) has not reported hate crime data to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation; or
``(2) has reported zero hate crime incidents to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
``(k) Eligibility.--
``(1) In general.--A covered jurisdiction that is found not
to have credibly reported hate crimes following an evaluation
pursuant to subsection (j) shall not be eligible for an
allocation under this section.
``(2) Exception.--A covered jurisdiction that is found not
to have credibly reported hate crimes following an evaluation
pursuant to subsection (j) shall not be subject to a penalty
under paragraph (1) if the Attorney General certifies that the
covered jurisdiction has conducted significant community public
education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes.
``(l) Annual Report.--Each year the Attorney General shall publish
on the internet website of the Department of Justice a report on the
covered jurisdictions certified under subsection (k)(2).
``(m) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered jurisdiction.--The term `covered
jurisdiction' means a unit of local government that has a
requested a grant under this subpart and has a population of
over 100,000 people.
``(2) Hate crime.--The term `hate crime' means--
``(A) an act described in section 1(b)(1) of the
Hate Crime Statistics Act ((34 U.S.C. 41305(1)(b)(1));
and
``(B) an act in violation of sections 241, 245,
247, or 249 of title 18, United States Code.
``(3) Significant community public education and awareness
initiatives on hate crimes.--The term `significant community
public education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes'
means that a covered jurisdiction--
``(A) has--
``(i) made substantial progress towards
comprehensive reporting hate crimes;
``(ii) adopted a policy on identifying,
investigating, and reporting hate crimes; and
``(iii) developed a standardized system of
collecting, analyzing, and reporting hate
crimes to the National Incident-Based Reporting
System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
or
``(B) may--
``(i) establish a unit or liaison
specialized in identifying, investigating, and
reporting hate crimes and engaging in community
relations functions related to preventing hate
crimes; or
``(ii) conduct an ongoing and regular
public meetings or educational forums on the
impact of hate crimes, services available to
victims of hate crimes, and any relevant
Federal, State, or local laws related to hate
crimes.''.
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