,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #ac #aagth          
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #icg     
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,march #bc1 #bjba,ms4 ,hirono 
7for herself1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4     
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4         
,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mrs4          
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4           
,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4          
,menendez1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,padilla1
 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4   
,warner1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,cortez      
,masto1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 
,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,warnock1 ,ms4      
,warren1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 
,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 ,reed1
 and ,mr4 ,peters7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read the first
 time  ,march #bd1 #bjba,read the second
 time and placed on the calendar  ,a    
,,bill  ,to facilitate the expedited    
review of ,,covid-#ai hate crimes1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,,covid-#ai ,hate ,crimes ,act4  #b4    

,review of ,,covid-#ai hate crimes  7a7 
,in general ,not later than #a day after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,attorney ,general shall designate an  
officer or employee of the ,department  
of ,justice whose sole responsibility   
during the applicable period shall be to
 facilitate the expedited review of     
,,covid-#ai hate crimes and reports of  
any such crime to ,federal1 ,state1 or  
local law enforcement agencies4  7b7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,applicable period ,the term applicable 
period means the period beginning on the
 date on which the officer or employee  
is designated under subsection 7a71 and 
ending on the date that is #a year after
 the date on which the emergency period 
described in subparagraph 7,b7 of       
section #aace7;g77#a7 of the ,social    
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acbj;b-#e7;g77#a77 ends1 except that   
the ,attorney ,general may extend such  
period as appropriate4  7#b7 ,,covid-#ai
 hate crime ,the term ,,covid-#ai hate  

crime means a crime of violence 7as such
 term is defined in section #af of #ah1 
,united ,states ,code7 that is motivated
 by-- 7,a7 the actual or perceived race1
 ethnicity1 age1 color1 religion1       
national origin1 sexual orientation1    
gender1 gender identity1 or disability  
of any person2 and  7,b7 the actual or  
perceived relationship to the spread of 
,,covid-#ai of any person because of the
 characteristic described in            
subparagraph 7,a74  #c4 ,guidance  7a7  
,guidance for law enforcement agencies  
,the ,attorney ,general shall issue     
guidance for ,state and local law       
enforcement agencies on how to-- 7#a7   
establish online reporting of hate      
crimes or incidents1 and to have online 
reporting available in multiple         
languages as determined by the ,attorney
 ,general2 and  7#b7 expand culturally  
competent and linguistically appropriate
 public education campaigns1 and        
collection of data and public reporting 
of hate crimes4  7b7 ,guidance relating 

to ,,covid-#ai pandemic ,the ,attorney  
,general and the ,secretary of ,health  
and ,human ,services1 in coordination   
with the ,,covid-#ai ,health ,equity    
,task ,force and community-based        
organizations1 shall issue guidance     
describing best practices to mitigate   
racially discriminatory language in     
describing the ,,covid-#ai pandemic4    
,march #bd1 #bjba,read the second time  
and placed on the calendar