Marie Thompson Antilynching Act
This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching.
Specifically, a person who conspires to commit a hate crime act and willfully causes or attempts to cause serious bodily injury is subject to criminal penalties.
To provide Federal criminal penalties for lynching.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marie Thompson Antilynching Act''.

SEC. 2. LYNCHING.

    (a) Offense.--Chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 250. Lynching
    ``Whoever conspires with another person to violate section 249 and 
willfully causes or attempts to cause serious bodily injury (as defined 
in section 1365(h)) shall be punished in the same manner as a completed 
violation of such section, except that if the maximum term of 
imprisonment for such completed violation is less than 10 years, the 
person may be imprisoned for not more than 10 years.''.
    (b) Table of Sections Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
13 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 249 the following:

``250. Lynching.''.
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Marie Thompson Antilynching Act
A bill to provide Federal criminal penalties for lynching.
Marie Thompson Antilynching Act
Sen. Paul, Rand