US HR3536

Bill

US HR3536

Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019

Introduced
06/27/2019

In Committee
07/30/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil rights, and for other purposes. This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching. Specifically, a person who conspires to commit certain civil rights offenses (e.g., a hate crime act) is subject to criminal penalties.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching. Specifically, it amends Title 18 of the United States Code to make it a federal crime to conspire with another person to violate certain civil rights, such as the right to be free from hate crimes or housing discrimination. The maximum sentence for such a conspiracy is 10 years in prison, even if the underlying civil rights violation carries a lesser sentence. The bill acknowledges the long history of lynching in the United States, particularly against African Americans, and seeks to finally make lynching a federal crime after decades of failed legislative efforts.

Committee Categories

Justice, Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (16)

Don Bacon (R)*, Colin Allred (D), Mark Amodei (R), Gil Cisneros (D), Jim Costa (D), Jason Crow (D), Sharice Davids (D), Josh Gottheimer (D), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D), Seth Moulton (D), Joe Neguse (D), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), Mike Quigley (D), Adam Smith (D), Abigail Spanberger (D), Van Taylor (R),

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (on 07/30/2019)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3536/all-info

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3536/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3536/BILLS-116hr3536ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3536/BILLS-116hr3536ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR35	Emmett Till Antilynching Act	Received in the Senate.	Related
HR7120	George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.	Related
HR7278	JUSTICE Act Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	Related
HRes1017	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 51) to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1425) to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to provide for certain reinsurance payments to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5332) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ensu	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
S3912	Justice in Policing Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related
S3985	JUSTICE Act Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7995)	Related
S488	Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Same As

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