Stop Hate Acts of White Supremacy Act
This bill expands federal hate crime offenses to include willfully causing (or attempting to cause) bodily injury to another because of a white supremacy based motivation against any person.
Additionally, the bill specifies that a hate crime offense in furtherance of a white supremacy based motivation is subject to an enhanced penalty—a prison term of any years or for life.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope of hate 
                                crimes.

    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 ``Stop Hate Acts of White Supremacy 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

    Section 249(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting 
        after ``race, color, religion, or national origin of any 
        person'' the following: ``, or because of a white supremacy 
        based motivation against any person''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) the offense was in furtherance of a 
                        white supremacy based motivation.''.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Section 4702 of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes 
Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 249 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(11) Mass shootings and other hate crimes motivated by 
        white supremacy have been increasing in frequency and 
        intensity. These heinous and virulent crimes are inspired by 
        conspiracy theories, blatant bigotry, and mythical falsehoods 
        such as ``replacement theory''. All instances must be prevented 
        and severe criminal penalties must be applied to their 
        perpetrators.''.
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Stop Hate Acts of White Supremacy Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the scope of hate crimes.
Stop Hate Acts of White Supremacy Act
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila