,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbc,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prevent and prosecute white 
supremacy inspired hate crime and       
conspiracy to commit white supremacy    
inspired hate crime and to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to expand   
the scope of hate crimes4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,leading ,against ,white ,supremacy ,act
 of #bjbc4  #b4 ,white supremacy        
inspired hate crime  7a7 ,in general ,a 
person engages in a white supremacy     
inspired hate crime when white supremacy
 ideology has motivated the planning1   
development1 preparation1 or            
perpetration of actions that constituted
 a crime or were undertaken in          
furtherance of activity that1 if        
effectuated1 would have constituted a   
crime4  7b7 ,conspiracy ,a conspiracy to

 engage in white supremacy inspired hate
 crime shall be determined to exist--   
7#a7 between two or more persons engaged
 in the planning1 development1          
preparation1 or perpetration of a white 
supremacy inspired hate crime2 or  7#b7 
between two or more persons-- 7,a7 at   
least one of whom engaged in the        
planning1 development1 preparation1 or  
perpetration of a white supremacy       
inspired hate crime2 and  7,b7 at least 
one of whom published material advancing
 white supremacy1 white supremacist     
ideology1 antagonism based on           
replacement theory1 or hate speech that 
vilifies or is otherwise directed       
against any non-,white person or group1 
and such published material-- 7i7 was   
published on a social media platform or 
by other means of publication with the  
likelihood that it would be viewed by   
persons who are predisposed to engaging 
in any action in furtherance of a white 
supremacy inspired hate crime1 or who   
are susceptible to being encouraged to  

engage in actions in furtherance of a   
white supremacy inspired hate crime2    
7ii7 could1 as determined by a          
reasonable person1 motivate actions by a
 person predisposed to engaging in a    
white supremacy inspired hate crime or  
by a person who is susceptible to being 
encouraged to engage in actions relating
 to a white supremacy inspired hate     
crime2 and  7iii7 was read1 heard1 or   
viewed by a person who engaged in the   
planning1 development1 preparation1 or  
perpetration of a white supremacy       
inspired hate crime4  7c7 ,department of
 ,justice authority1 enforcement1       
monitoring1 and reporting ,the          
,department shall have authority to     
conduct operations and activities       
pursuant to this section1 specifically--
 7#a7 with regard to information or     
evidence obtained by the ,department of 
any action cited in this section1 the   
,department shall have the authority to 
investigate1 intercede1 and undertake   
other actions that it deems necessary   

and appropriate to interdict1 mitigate1 
or prevent such action from culminating 
in violent activity2  7#b7 the          
,department shall have the authority to 
prosecute persons who engaged in actions
 cited in this section2 and  7#c7 the   
,uniform ,crime ,reporting ,program in  
the ,department of ,justice shall       
maintain records of white supremacy     
inspired hate crimes and related actions
 cited in this section1 and enforcement 
actions in response thereto4  ,the      
,department shall provide annual reports
 to the appropriate committees in       
,congress that shall include information
 cited in this paragraph4  #c4 ,criminal
 offense ,section #bdi7;a77#a7 of title 
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 in the matter preceding           
subparagraph 7,a7 by inserting after    
race1 color1 religion1 or national      
origin of any person the following3 1 or
 because of a white supremacy based     
motivation against any person2 and  7#b7
 in subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 in clause  

7i71 by striking or at the end2  7,b7 in
 clause 7ii71 by striking the period and
 inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7iii7 the       
offense was in furtherance of a white   
supremacy based motivation4  4  #d4     
,findings ,section #dgjb of the ,matthew
 ,shepard and ,james ,byrd ,jr4 ,hate   
,crimes ,prevention ,act 7#ah ,u4,s4,c4 
#bdi note7 is amended by adding at the  
end the following3  7#aa7 ,mass         
shootings and other hate crimes         
motivated by white supremacy have been  
increasing in frequency and intensity4  
,these heinous and virulent crimes are  
inspired by conspiracy theories1 blatant
 bigotry1 and mythical falsehoods such  
as 8replacement theory04 ,all instances 
must be prevented and severe criminal   
penalties must be applied to their      
perpetrators4  4