,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bg1         
#bjai,mr4 ,casey 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,booker1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4
 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4       
,sanders1 and ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce  
for ,communications and ,information to 
prepare and submit periodic reports to  
,congress on the role of                
telecommunications in hate crimes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stop ,harmful and ,abusive         
,telecommunications ,expression ,act of 
#bjai or the ,stop ,,hate ,act of #bjai4
  #b4 ,reports on the role of           
telecommunications in hate crimes  7a7  
,periodic reports required ,not later   
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 and not less    

frequently than every #e years          
thereafter1 the ,assistant ,secretary of
 ,commerce for ,communications and      
,information1 with the assistance of the
 ,attorney ,general1 shall prepare and  
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the role of      
telecommunications in violent acts and  
the commission of crimes of hate1 as    
described in the ,hate ,crime           
,statistics ,act 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #dacje71
 against individuals or groups of       
individuals on the basis of race1 gender
 and gender identity1 religion1         
disability1 sexual orientation1         
ethnicity1 color1 or national origin4   
7b7 ,scope of reports ,a report required
 by subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 analyze 
information on the use of               
telecommunications1 including broadcast 
television and radio1 cable television1 
public access television1 computer      
bulletin boards1 and other electronic   
media1 to advocate and encourage violent
 acts and the commission of crimes of   

hate1 as described in the ,hate ,crime  
,statistics ,act 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #dacje71
 against individuals or groups of       
individuals on the basis of race1 gender
 and gender identity1 religion1         
disability1 sexual orientation1         
ethnicity1 color1 or national origin2   
7#b7 include in the analysis required by
 paragraph 7#a7 an analysis of-- 7,a7   
the role that such telecommunications   
are playing in giving groups that       
advocate and encourage such violent acts
 and the commission of such crimes of   
hate a platform to spread their messages
 and to organize across the ,united     
,states2 and  7,b7 how such use and role
 of telecommunications have changed due 
to the evolution of new forms of        
communication on the internet and other 
electronic media since the submission of
 the previous report under subsection   
7a7 7or1 in the case of the first report
 submitted under such subsection1 the   
report submitted under section #aee of  
the ,national ,telecommunications and   

,information ,administration            
,organization ,act72 and  7#c7 include  
any recommendations1 consistent with the
 ,first ,amendment to the ,constitution1
 that the ,assistant ,secretary         
considers appropriate and necessary to  
address such use and such role of       
telecommunications4  7c7 ,appropriate   
congressional committees defined ,in    
this section1 the term appropriate      
congressional committees means-- 7#a7   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and  
the ,committee on ,appropriations of the
 ,house of ,representatives2 and  7#b7  
the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1  
and ,transportation1 the ,committee on  
the ,judiciary1 and the ,committee on   
,appropriations of the ,senate4