,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aacf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas 
7for herself1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,danny  
,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 
,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1 ,mrs4       
,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4       
,lewis1 ,mr4 ,gutierrez1 and ,ms4       
,loretta ,sanchez of ,california7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,hate ,crime ,statistics ,act to include
 crimes against the homeless4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,violence ,against the ,homeless    
,accountability ,act of #bjac4  #b4     
,inclusion of homeless ,section #a7;b7  
of the ,hate ,crime ,statistics ,act    
7#bh ,u4,s4,c4 #ecd note7 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by inserting    
homeless status1 after sexual           

orientation12 and  7#b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7#f7 ,as used in   
this subsection1 the term homeless      
status with respect to an individual1   
refers to an individual who--  7,a7     
lacks a fixed1 regular1 and adequate    
nighttime residence2 or  7,b7 has a     
primary nighttime residence that is--   
7i7 a public or private place not       
designed for1 or ordinarily used as1 a  
regular sleeping accommodation for human
 beings1 including cars1 parks1 public  
spaces1 abandoned buildings1 substandard
 housing1 bus or train stations1 or     
similar settings2  7ii7 a supervised    
publicly or privately operated shelter  
designed to provide temporary living    
accommodations1 including motels1       
hotels1 congregate shelters1 and        
transitional housing2 or  7iii7 housing 
of other persons in which the individual
 is temporarily staying due to loss of  
housing1 economic hardship1 or a similar
 reason4  4