1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20678Updated May 17, 2002Hate Crimes: Sketch of Selected Proposalsand Congressional Authorityname redactedSenior SpecialistAmerican Law DivisionSummaryHate crime legislation (S. 625/
2、H.R. 1343), comparable to a measure which passedthe Senate as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year2001 (but which was dropped prior to passage), has been introduced with a substantialnumber of cosponsors in both the House and Senate. It outlaws hate crimes, establis
3、hesa system of Justice Department and grant program assistance, and instructs theSentencing Commission to examine adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hatecrimes. It has been reported out of committee unchanged in the Senate, S.Rept. 107-147(2002). An alternative (H.R. 74), more sweeping in its
4、criminal provisions and moremodest in its grant provisions, has also been proposed. In both alternatives, the newly established federal offenses take two forms and arebased on Congress legislative authority under the commerce clause, the legislativesections of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteen
