Preamble. To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act.

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To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act. — Sponsor: Mr. Rush — Cosponsors: Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Omar, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr.

Costa, Ms. Craig, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr.

Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Luria, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Newman, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Sánchez, Mr.

Sarbanes, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Speier, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Soto, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Ross, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr.

Thompson of California, Ms. Manning, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Adams, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Wild, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Vela, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Horsford, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Bass, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Bourdeaux, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr.

Keating, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Waters, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Delgado, Ms. Bush, Mr. Kind, Mr. McEachin, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Slotkin, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Himes, Mr. Langevin, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Brown of Ohio, Mr.

Lamb, Ms. Titus, Mr. Levin of Michigan — Actions: January 4, 2021 — Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; February 25, 2022 — Additional sponsors: Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Omar, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Ms.

Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Ms. Craig, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Demings, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr.

Jones, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Luria, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Newman, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr.

Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Speier, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr.

Soto, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Ross, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Manning, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Adams, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Wild, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Vela, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Horsford, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Bass, Mr.

Mrvan, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Bourdeaux, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Waters, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Delgado, Ms. Bush, Mr. Kind, Mr. McEachin, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Slotkin, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Himes, Mr. Langevin, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms.

Stansbury, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Lamb, Ms. Titus, and Mr. Levin of Michigan; February 25, 2022 — Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed