HR 6346 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

NO HATE Act of 2016

Introduced Nov 17, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 5, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 17, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Observations of Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality Act of 2016 or the NO HATE Act of 2016

This bill requires a state or local government that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to report hate crime information to the Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ must reduce the JAG allocation of a state or local government state that fails to comply.

The bill directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include hate crime information in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 17, 2016 to Dec 12, 2016; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalNov 17, 2016
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-COJared PolisOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-WIMark PocanOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-WIRon KindOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalNov 17, 2016
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyNov 18, 2016
D-MAJames P. McGovernNov 18, 2016
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaNov 18, 2016
D-CAMichael M. HondaNov 29, 2016
D-NYGrace MengNov 30, 2016
D-NYJose E. SerranoDec 12, 2016

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Nov 17, 2016
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Dec 5, 2016

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 5, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  2. Nov 17, 2016Introduced in House
  3. Nov 17, 2016Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the US Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 165, November 17, 2016, page H6301.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require that States and units of local government that receive funds under subpart I of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) report information pertaining to hate crimes to the Attorney General for inclusion in the Uniform Crime Reports and National Incident-Based Reporting System, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
NO HATE Act of 2016
National Observations of Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality Act of 2016

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 17, 2016Introduced in House

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