,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,amash introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to acknowledge the crime of    
lynching1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,prohibiting lynching ,section #bdi7;a7 
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#d7 as paragraph 7#e72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#c7  
the following3  7#d7 ,offenses involving
 lynching  7,a7 ,in general ,whoever1   
acting with one or more individuals1    
engages in conduct described in         
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 that results in  
death1 shall be subject to the same     
penalties as prescribed in those        
paragraphs4  7,b7 ,limitation on        
prosecution ,a person who is prosecuted 
for unlawful conduct under this         
paragraph may not be prosecuted for the 
same conduct under paragraph 7#a7 or    

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