,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ege  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #c1 #bjba,mr4
 ,paul introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to provide ,federal criminal         
penalties for lynching4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,marie ,thompson ,antilynching ,act4    
#b4 ,lynching  7a7 ,offense ,chapter #ac
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3  #bej4 ,lynching ,whoever    
conspires with another person to violate
 section #bdi and willfully causes or   
attempts to cause serious bodily injury 
7as defined in section #acfe7;h77 shall 
be punished in the same manner as a     
completed violation of such section1    
except that if the maximum term of      
imprisonment for such completed         
violation is less than #aj years1 the   
person may be imprisoned for not more   
than #aj years4  4  7b7 ,table of       

sections amendment ,the table of        
sections for chapter #ac of title #ah1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #bdi the following3  #bej4      
,lynching4  4