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H.R.1592
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H.R.1592
Latest Title: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 3/20/2007)      Cosponsors (171)
Related Bills: H.RES.364, S.1105
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
House Reports: 110-113
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SUMMARY AS OF:
5/3/2007--Passed House amended.    (There are 2 other summaries)

Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Defines "hate crime" as a violent act causing death or bodily injury because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability of the victim.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Attorney General, at the request of a state, local, or Tribal law enforcement agency, to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence; (2) constitutes a felony under state, local, or Tribal laws; and (3) is motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim or is a violation of the state, local, or Tribal hate crime laws. Requires the Attorney General to give priority for assistance to crimes committed by offenders who have committed crimes in more than one state and to rural jurisdictions that have difficulty covering extraordinary investigation or prosecution expenses.

Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state, local, and Indian law enforcement agencies for extraordinary expenses associated with the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. Requires the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs to work closely with grant recipients to ensure that the concerns and needs of all affected parties under the grant program are addressed.

Sets forth requirements and deadlines for grant applications. Limits grant amounts to $100,000 for any single jurisdiction in any one-year period.

Requires the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress on the grant program by December 31, 2008.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2009.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Office of Justice Programs to award grants to state, local, or Tribal programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2010 for additional personnel to prevent and respond to hate crime violations.

(Sec. 7) Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years on any person who willfully causes bodily injury to any person, or who, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily harm to any person, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of such person.

Requires certification by the Attorney General or other Department of Justice official of certain findings relating to an alleged hate crime prior to initiating a prosecution for such crime.

Excludes evidence of expression or association of a defendant in a hate crime prosecution at trial, unless such evidence specifically relates to the offense being prosecuted.

(Sec. 8) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit expressive conduct or activities protected by the First Amendment.

MAJOR ACTIONS:

3/20/2007 Introduced in House
4/30/2007 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-113.
5/3/2007 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 237 - 180 (Roll no. 299).
5/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
ALL ACTIONS:
3/20/2007:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
3/30/2007:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
4/17/2007:
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
4/24/2007:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
4/24/2007:
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
4/25/2007:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
4/25/2007:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14.
3/21/2007:
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E600-601)
4/30/2007 1:24pm:
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-113.
4/30/2007 1:25pm:
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 67.
5/2/2007 7:29pm:
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 364 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1592 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. An amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered as adopted.
5/3/2007 11:33am:
Rule H. Res. 364 passed House.
5/3/2007 11:34am:
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 364. (consideration: CR H4429-4452; text of measure as reported in House: CR H4429-4431; text of measure as modified: CR H4431-4432)
5/3/2007 11:34am:
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1592 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. An amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered as adopted.
5/3/2007 11:35am:
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1592.
5/3/2007 1:03pm:
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4449-4452)
5/3/2007 1:06pm:
Mr. Smith (TX) moved to recommit with instructions to Judiciary. (consideration: CR H4449-4451; text: CR H4449)
5/3/2007 1:06pm:
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Smith (TX) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with amendments to insert "status as a senior citizen who has attained the age of 65 years, status as a current or former member of the Armed Forces," after "orientation".
5/3/2007 1:15pm:
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4451)
5/3/2007 1:38pm:
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 189 - 227 (Roll no. 298).
5/3/2007 1:46pm:
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 237 - 180 (Roll no. 299).
5/3/2007 1:46pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
5/7/2007:
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
COSPONSORS(171), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 3/20/2007
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 3/20/2007
Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] - 4/30/2007
Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 3/20/2007
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 3/20/2007
Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 3/20/2007
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 4/30/2007
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Bono Mack, Mary [CA-45] - 3/20/2007
Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] - 3/20/2007
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 3/20/2007
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 3/20/2007
Rep Carnahan, Russ [MO-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 3/20/2007
Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] - 3/20/2007
Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] - 4/30/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 4/30/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 4/30/2007
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 4/30/2007
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 3/20/2007
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] - 3/20/2007
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/20/2007
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 3/20/2007
Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7] - 4/30/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 3/20/2007
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 3/20/2007
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 3/20/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 3/20/2007
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 3/20/2007
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 3/20/2007
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 3/20/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 3/20/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 4/30/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 3/20/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/20/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/20/2007
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 3/20/2007
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 3/20/2007
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] - 4/30/2007
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 3/20/2007
Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 4/30/2007
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 3/20/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/20/2007
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 4/30/2007
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 4/30/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 3/20/2007
Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 3/20/2007
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 3/20/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Holt, Rush [NJ-12] - 3/20/2007
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 3/20/2007
Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 4/30/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/20/2007
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 3/20/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 4/30/2007
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 3/20/2007
Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 3/20/2007
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 4/30/2007
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 4/30/2007
Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 3/20/2007
Rep Klein, Ron [FL-22] - 3/20/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 3/20/2007
Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [NY-29] - 3/20/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 4/30/2007
Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 4/30/2007
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 3/20/2007
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 3/20/2007
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/20/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/20/2007
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 3/20/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/20/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 3/20/2007
Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 4/30/2007
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 4/30/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 3/20/2007
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 3/20/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 3/20/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 4/30/2007
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 3/20/2007
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 3/20/2007
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 3/20/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 3/20/2007
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 3/20/2007
Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 3/20/2007
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 3/20/2007
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 3/20/2007
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 4/30/2007
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 3/20/2007
Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 4/30/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 3/20/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 3/20/2007
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/20/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 3/20/2007
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 4/30/2007
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 4/30/2007
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 4/30/2007
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 3/20/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 3/20/2007
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 3/20/2007
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2] - 4/30/2007
Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 4/30/2007
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 3/20/2007
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 4/30/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/20/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 3/20/2007
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 3/20/2007
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 3/20/2007
Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 3/20/2007
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 3/20/2007
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 3/20/2007
Rep Skelton, Ike [MO-4] - 3/20/2007
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 3/20/2007
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 3/20/2007
Rep Snyder, Vic [AR-2] - 4/30/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 4/30/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/20/2007
Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 3/20/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 3/20/2007
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 3/20/2007
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 3/20/2007
Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 3/20/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 3/20/2007
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 4/30/2007
Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] - 4/30/2007
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 3/20/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 3/20/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 3/20/2007
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 3/20/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 3/20/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 3/20/2007
Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 3/20/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 3/20/2007
Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 4/30/2007

COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)
AMENDMENT(S):

1. H.AMDT.140 to H.R.1592 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 384, the amendment in the nature of substitute is considered adopted as original text of the bill.
Sponsor: House Judiciary (introduced 5/3/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2007 House amendment offered