,i #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #cihj ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,october #e1 #bjag,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,gutirrez1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan ,grisham of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 ,mr4 ,kihuen1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,maxine ,waters of ,california1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 and ,mr4 ,khanna7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to establish a ,united ,states ,commission on ,hate ,crimes to study and make recommendations on the prevention of the commission of hate crimes1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,hate ,crimes ,commission ,act of #bjag4 #b4 ,findings ,the ,congress finds as follows3 7#a7 ,the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation defines a hate crime to be a criminal offense--such as murder1 arson1 or vandalism--against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender's bias against a race1 religion1 disability1 sexual orientation1 ethnicity1 gender1 or gender identity4 7#b7 ,forty-five ,states and the ,district of ,columbia have statutes criminalizing various types of bias-motivated violence or intimidation4 7#c7 ,the ,federal ,government has had hate crimes statutes since #aifh1 with the most recent law enacted in #bjji4 7#d7 ,the impact of underreporting on hate crimes statistics hinders hate crimes prevention4 7#e7 ,according to multiple1 nonpartisan studies1 hate crimes have increased sharply over the past year1 with over #ijj new hate incidents reported since ,november #bjaf4 7#f7 ,the ,u4,s4 ,commission on ,civil ,rights found that in #bjaf1 there was a #f4g-percent increase in reported hate crimes since the prior year1 one of the largest one-year increases in over a decade4 7#g7 ,in ,may #bjag1 the ,,fbi found that ,white supremacists and rightwing extremist groups were responsible for #di deaths in #bf incidents between #bjjj and #bjaf1 the most of any domestic extremist group4 ,the same report found that ,white supremacists and rightwing extremist groups were the largest threat of domestic terror1 and were likely to continue to pose a lethal threat over the next year4 7#h7 ,in ,february #bjag1 a ,white supremacist entered a bar in ,kansas and shot at two ,indian men1 ,srinivas ,kuchibhotla and ,alok ,madasani while shouting racial epithets4 ,srinivas later died of his injuries4 7#i7 ,the nonpartisan ,center for the ,study of ,hate and ,extremism documented #ee instances of anti-,semitism between ,january and ,march #bjag in ,new ,york ,city alone1 a #ahi-percent increase from the same time period in #bjaf1 and close to #ajj bomb threats have been received by ,jewish ,community ,centers and ,schools4 7#aj7 ,since ,january1 there have been at least five attacks on ,,lgbt centers across the country4 7#aa7 ,the ,white nationalist and neo-,nazi protests in ,charlottesville1 ,virginia1 on ,august #aa-ac1 #bjag1 which resulted in #a death and #bj injuries from a ,white nationalist driving his car into a group of counterprotesters1 show the need for increased action to combat hate-based attacks4 #c4 ,establishment of ,commission 7a7 ,establishment ,there is established the ,united ,states ,commission on ,hate ,crimes 7hereinafter in this act referred to as the ,commission74 7b7 ,membership ,the ,commission shall be composed of #ab members4 ,membership of the ,commission shall be appointed in accordance with the following3 7#a7 ,two members shall be appointed by the majority leader of the ,senate4 7#b7 ,two members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the ,senate4 7#c7 ,two members shall be appointed by the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives4 7#d7 ,two members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the ,house of ,representatives4 7#e7 ,two members shall be jointly appointed by the two appointing officials under paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#d7 who are members of1 or caucus with1 the ,democratic ,party4 7#f7 ,two members shall be jointly appointed by the two appointing officials under paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#d7 who are members of1 or caucus with1 the ,republican ,party4 7#g7 ,not more than #f members of the ,commission shall be from the law enforcement community and not more than #f members of the ,commission shall be of the civil rights community4 7#h7 ,not more than six of the members shall be of the same political party4 #d4 ,duties of the ,commission ,the ,commission shall investigate the following3 7#a7 ,if there has been an increase in hate crimes during the period beginning ,january #a1 #bjjg1 and ending #fj days after the date of enactment of this ,act4 7#b7 ,to the extent that any increase in the commission in hate crimes is determined to exist1 what factors have contributed to such increase4 7#c7 ,what policies or actions law enforcement agencies might adopt or engage in to reduce the commission of hate crimes4 7#d7 ,the impact of underreporting on hate crimes statistics and hate crimes prevention4 #e4 ,report ,not later than #a year after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission shall submit a report to ,congress and the ,president setting forth the results of the investigation under section #d4 #f4 ,definition ,in this ,act1 the term hate crime means an offense under section #bdi of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4