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HR 3419 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3419
To amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 30, 2009
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF HOMELESS.
Section (1)(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics Act is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘homeless status,’ after ‘sexual orientation,’; and
(2) by adding the the end the following:
‘(6) As used in this subsection, the term ‘homeless status’ with respect to an individual, refers to an individual who--
‘(A) lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; or
‘(B) has a primary nighttime residence that is--
‘(i) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings;
‘(ii) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including motels, hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing; or
‘(iii) housing of other persons in which the individual is temporarily staying due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.’.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.3419 as Introduced in House Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009
