Number: RS20678
Title: Hate Crimes: Sketch of Selected Proposals and Congressional Authority
Authors: Charles Doyle, American Law Division 
Abstract: Hate crime legislation (S. 625/H.R. 1343) has been introduced with a substantial number of cosponsors in both the House and Senate. It outlaws hate crimes, establishes a system of Justice Department and grant program assistance, and instructs the Sentencing Commission to examine adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes. An alternative (H.R. 74), more sweeping in its criminal provisions and more modest in its grant provisions, has also been proposed.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated May 17, 2002