Expressing the sense of Congress that all trade agreements the United States enters into, should provide reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved in such an agreement, for the purpose of search and recovery activities relating to members of the United States Armed Forces still missing and unaccounted for from prior wars or military conflicts.
- Last Action
- 9/14/2023
Actions
- 2023-01-09Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2023-01-09Introduced in House
- 2023-01-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-01-09 (00)
David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2022 or David’s Law
This bill adds hate crime offenses and penalties to the criminal civil rights statute that prohibits interference with federally protected activities. Current law already prohibits and penalizes similar offenses under the criminal civil rights statute that prohibits hate crime offenses.
Additionally, the bill authorizes state and local grants to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles. It also authorizes the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Justice to hire additional personnel to prevent and respond to alleged criminal civil rights offenses involving interference with federally protected activities.
Finally, the bill directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study whether it is appropriate to provide a sentencing enhancement for adult defendants who recruit minors to commit hate crime offenses.
Subjects
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Justice
- Department of the Treasury
- Firearms and explosives
- Fires
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Hate crimes
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Violent crime
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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