Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 55 (Reported in House) — To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Lynching; other conspiracies

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Section 249(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Whoever conspires to commit any offense under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), shall— if death results from the offense, be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined in accordance with this title, or both; or in any other case, be subject to the same penalties as the penalties prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy. .