HR 1592 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007

Introduced Mar 20, 2007 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

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Latest action · May 7, 2007 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 20, 2007
  2. Passed HouseMay 3, 2007
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Defines "hate crime" as a violent act causing death or bodily injury because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability of the victim.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Attorney General, at the request of a state, local, or Tribal law enforcement agency, to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence; (2) constitutes a felony under state, local, or Tribal laws; and (3) is motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim or is a violation of the state, local, or Tribal hate crime laws. Requires the Attorney General to give priority for assistance to crimes committed by offenders who have committed crimes in more than one state and to rural jurisdictions that have difficulty covering extraordinary investigation or prosecution expenses.

Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state, local, and Indian law enforcement agencies for extraordinary expenses associated with the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. Requires the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs to work closely with grant recipients to ensure that the concerns and needs of all affected parties under the grant program are addressed.

Sets forth requirements and deadlines for grant applications. Limits grant amounts to $100,000 for any single jurisdiction in any one-year period.

Requires the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress on the grant program by December 31, 2008.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2009.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Office of Justice Programs to award grants to state, local, or Tribal programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2010 for additional personnel to prevent and respond to hate crime violations.

(Sec. 7) Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years on any person who willfully causes bodily injury to any person, or who, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily harm to any person, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of such person.

Requires certification by the Attorney General or other Department of Justice official of certain findings relating to an alleged hate crime prior to initiating a prosecution for such crime.

Excludes evidence of expression or association of a defendant in a hate crime prosecution at trial, unless such evidence specifically relates to the offense being prosecuted.

(Sec. 8) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit expressive conduct or activities protected by the First Amendment.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 299Passed237–180May 3, 2007
House 298Failed189–227May 3, 2007

Cosponsors 171

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2007 to Apr 30, 2007; 137 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-OHBetty SuttonOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-WABrian BairdOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-IABruce L. BraleyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalMar 20, 2007
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-ORDavid WuOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-AZEd PastorOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMar 20, 2007
D-AZGabrielle GiffordsOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-TXGene GreenOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MOIke SkeltonOriginalMar 20, 2007
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAJim CostaOriginalMar 20, 2007
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 20, 2007
R-NYJohn R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.OriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMar 20, 2007
R-ILJudy BiggertOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-IALeonard L. BoswellOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CALois CappsOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalMar 20, 2007
R-ILMark KirkOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-COMark UdallOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalMar 20, 2007
R-CAMary BonoOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYMichael A. ArcuriOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMar 20, 2007
R-DEMichael N. CastleOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-PAPatrick J. MurphyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NHPaul W. HodesOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-WIRon KindOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-FLRon KleinOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NJRush HoltOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MORuss CarnahanOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CASam FarrOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-WISteve KagenOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-NMTom UdallOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 20, 2007
D-TXAl GreenApr 30, 2007
D-CAAnna G. EshooApr 30, 2007
D-ALArtur DavisApr 30, 2007
D-ILBobby L. RushApr 30, 2007
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerApr 30, 2007
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickApr 30, 2007
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyApr 30, 2007
D-NCDavid E. PriceApr 30, 2007
D-COEd PerlmutterApr 30, 2007
D-MOEmanuel CleaverApr 30, 2007
D-NYGregory W. MeeksApr 30, 2007
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.Apr 30, 2007
D-CAHilda L. SolisApr 30, 2007
D-MNJames L. OberstarApr 30, 2007
R-NYJames T. WalshApr 30, 2007
D-CAJane HarmanApr 30, 2007
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Apr 30, 2007
D-UTJim MathesonApr 30, 2007
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthApr 30, 2007
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesApr 30, 2007
D-FLKathy CastorApr 30, 2007
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezApr 30, 2007
D-OHMarcy KapturApr 30, 2007
D-ILMelissa L. BeanApr 30, 2007
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezApr 30, 2007
D-MARichard E. NealApr 30, 2007
D-WARick LarsenApr 30, 2007
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Apr 30, 2007
R-PATodd Russell PlattsApr 30, 2007
D-CATom LantosApr 30, 2007
D-ARVic SnyderApr 30, 2007
R-MDWayne T. GilchrestApr 30, 2007
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayApr 30, 2007
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeApr 30, 2007

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 20, 2007Markup Apr 25, 2007Reported Apr 30, 2007
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Mar 30, 2007Hearings Apr 17, 2007Markup Apr 24, 2007Reported Apr 24, 2007
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred May 7, 2007

Actions 24

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. May 3, 2007Rule H. Res. 364 passed House.
  3. May 3, 2007Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 364. (consideration: CR H4429-4452; text of measure as reported in House: CR H4429-4431; text of measure as modified: CR H4431-4432)
  4. May 3, 2007Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1592 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. An amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered as adopted.
  5. May 3, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1592.
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In the Congressional Record 9

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H9281Steve Cohen D-TNAug 1, 2007
HouseDebate and remarks H8221, H8224, H8225Louie Gohmert R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXJul 23, 2007
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1348Michael M. Honda D-CAJun 20, 2007
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E983Bob Etheridge D-NCMay 8, 2007
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E970, E971Alcee L. Hastings D-FL, Todd Tiahrt R-KSMay 7, 2007
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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Apr 27, 2007H.R. 1592, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2007</p>
  2. Apr 27, 2007H.R. 1592, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2007

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 110-162JENA 6 AND THE ROLE OF FEDERAL INTERVENTION IN HATE CRIMES AND RACE- RELATED VIOLENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS160 pagesJudiciary CommitteeOct 16, 2007
Serial No. 110-69CRUISE SHIP SECURITY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES381 pagesTransportation and Infrastructure CommitteeSep 19, 2007
Serial No. 110-71LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT OF 2007295 pagesJudiciary CommitteeApr 17, 2007

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
RL34092Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations ArchivedReportMar 17, 2008

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
HAmdt 140Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 384, the amendment in the nature of substitute is considered adopted as original text of the bill.Judiciary CommitteeHouse amendment offered

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 364Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1592) to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.Procedurally relatedMay 3, 2007
S 1105Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007Related billSep 26, 2007

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
Short Titles as Reported to House
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
Short Titles as Passed House
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2007Referred in Senate
  2. May 3, 2007Engrossed in House
  3. Apr 30, 2007Reported in House
  4. Mar 20, 2007Introduced in House

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