H.R. 6346 · 114th Congress
National Observations of Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality Act of 2016
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Donald Beyer
- Introduced
- 2016-11-17
- Latest action
- 2016-12-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Summary
National Observations of Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality Act of 2016 or the NO HATE Act of 2016
This bill requires a state or local government that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to report hate crime information to the Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ must reduce the JAG allocation of a state or local government state that fails to comply.
The bill directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include hate crime information in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System.