,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,mc,dowell 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gill of 
,texas1 ,mr4 ,jack1 ,mr4 ,goldman of    
,texas1 ,mr4 ,moore of ,west ,virginia1 
,mrs4 ,harshbarger1 ,mr4 ,edwards1 ,mr4 
,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,hamadeh of      
,arizona1 and ,mr4 ,knott7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide penalty       
enhancements for committing certain     
offenses while in disguise1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,unmasking     
,hamas ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,findings    
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,universities and colleges across       
,america1 including ,columbia           
,university1 ,california ,state         
,polytechnic ,university1 the           
,university of ,new ,mexico1 and        
,barnard ,college1 have been            

increasingly targeted by violent student
 protests in the name of ,hamas4  7#b7  
,violent student protests at            
universities and colleges across the    
country have caused significant damage  
to campus property and have barred      
university and college students from    
accessing educational services4  7#c7   
,violent protestors continue to utilize 
masks as a disguise to cover their      
identity in order to evade the law4     
7#d7 ,support for designated terrorist  
organizations1 antisemitism1 and calling
 for the genocide of ,jewish people have
 no place on our university and college 
campuses4  7#e7 ,iran and ,hamas-backed 
organizations partner with ,united      
,states-based anti-,israel organizations
 to fund anti-,israel demonstrations and
 protests4  7#f7 ,during ,prime         
,minister of ,israel ,benjamin          
,netanyahu's address to a joint session 
of ,congress in #bjbd1                  
,hamas-sympathetic masked protestors    
vandalized ,federal property in         

,washington1 ,,dc1 across from ,union   
,station4  7#g7 ,pro-,hamas advocates   
have anonymously vandalized multiple    
memorials and commemorative statues     
across ,washington1 ,,dc1 including the 
,lincoln ,memorial and the ,general     
,lafayette ,statue outside of the ,white
 ,house4  7#h7 ,anonymous bomb threats  
to synagogues dramatically increased in 
the months following ,hamas's ,october  
#g1 #bjbc1 attack on ,israel4  7#i7     
,police officers disbanding unlawful    
assemblies have been subjected to       
violent confrontations by masked        
protestors4  7#aj7 ,masked protests have
 repeatedly led to the desecration of   
public property4  #c4 ,interference with
 protected rights while in disguise  7a7
 ,in general ,chapter #ac of title #ah1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after section #bej the        
following3  #bea4 ,interference with    
protected rights while in disguise  7a7 
,in general ,whoever1 whether or not    
acting under color of law1 while in     

disguise1 including while wearing a     
mask1 injures1 oppresses1 threatens1 or 
intimidates any person in any ,state1   
,territory1 ,commonwealth1 ,possession1 
or ,district in the free exercise or    
enjoyment of any right or privilege     
secured to him by the ,constitution or  
laws of the ,united ,states1 or because 
of his having so exercised the same1    
shall be fined under this title1        
imprisoned not more than #ae years1 or  
both4  7b7 ,rule of construction        
,nothing in this section shall be       
construed so as to deter any law        
enforcement officer from lawfully       
carrying out the duties of his office2  
and no law enforcement officer shall be 
considered to be in violation of this   
section for lawfully carrying out the   
duties of his office or lawfully        
enforcing ordinances and laws of the    
,united ,states1 the ,district of       
,columbia1 any of the several ,states1  
or any political subdivision of a       
,state4 ,for purposes of the preceding  

sentence1 the term law enforcement      
officer means any officer of the ,united
 ,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1 a 
,state1 or political subdivision of a   
,state1 who is empowered by law to      
conduct investigations of1 or make      
arrests because of1 offenses against the
 ,united ,states1 the ,district of      
,columbia1 a ,state1 or a political     
subdivision of a ,state4  4  7b7        
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections for chapter #ac of title #ah1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item related to     
section #bej the following3  #bea4      
,interference with protected rights     
while in disguise4  4  #d4 ,destroying  
buildings or property within special    
maritime and territorial jurisdiction   
while in disguise ,section #acfc of     
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3 ,whoever1 during the         
commission of an offense under this     
section1 wears a disguise1 including a  

mask1 shall1 in addition to any term of 
imprisonment otherwise imposed under    
this section1 be imprisoned for #b      
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