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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 3545 (Introduced in House) — To provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, and establish addit... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Reporting of hate crimes

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The Attorney General may make grants to States and units of local government to assist the State or unit of local government in implementing the National Incident-Based Reporting System, including to train employees in identifying and classifying hate crimes in the National Incident-Based Reporting System. In making grants under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall give priority to States and units of local government with larger populations. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in each fiscal year beginning after the date that is 3 years after the date on which a State or unit of local government first receives a grant under subsection (a), the State or unit of local government shall provide to the Attorney General, through the Uniform Crime Reporting system, information pertaining to hate crimes committed in that jurisdiction during the preceding fiscal year.
The Attorney General— may provide a 120-day extension to a State or unit of local government that is making good faith efforts to comply with subparagraph (A); and shall waive the requirements of subparagraph
(A)if compliance with that subparagraph by a State or unit of local government would be unconstitutional under the constitution of the State or of the State in which the unit of local government is located, respectively. If a State or unit of local government that receives a grant under subsection
(a)fails to substantially comply with paragraph
(1)of this subsection, the State or unit of local government shall repay the grant in full, plus reasonable interest and penalty charges allowable by law or established by the Attorney General.
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