H.R. 2588
119th CONGRESS 1st Session
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include certain reporting to the uniform crime reporting program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · April 2, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Beyer · Committee: Committee on the Judiciary
Table of contents
SEC. 1. Short title
- This Act may be cited as the Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act of 2025.
SEC. 2. Requirement to credibly report hate crimes
- Section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 () is amended by adding at the end the following: 34 U.S.C. 10156
- (j) Evaluation for reporting on hate crimes
- Beginning not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act and from the data acquired by the Attorney General in accordance with the Hate Crimes Statistics Act (), the Attorney General shall establish a method of evaluating and use such method to evaluate whether a covered jurisdiction has credibly reporting hate crimes, including whether, for each year, a covered jurisdiction— 34 U.S.C. 41305
- has not reported hate crime data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
- has reported zero hate crime incidents to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Beginning not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act and from the data acquired by the Attorney General in accordance with the Hate Crimes Statistics Act (), the Attorney General shall establish a method of evaluating and use such method to evaluate whether a covered jurisdiction has credibly reporting hate crimes, including whether, for each year, a covered jurisdiction— 34 U.S.C. 41305
- (k) Eligibility
- (1) In general
- A covered jurisdiction that is found not to have credibly reported hate crimes following an evaluation pursuant to subsection (j) shall not be eligible for an allocation under this section.
- (2) Exception
- A covered jurisdiction that is found not to have credibly reported hate crimes following an evaluation pursuant to subsection (j) shall not be subject to a penalty under paragraph (1) if the Attorney General certifies that the covered jurisdiction has conducted significant community public education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes.
- (1) In general
- (l) Annual report
- Each year the Attorney General shall publish on the internet website of the Department of Justice a report on the covered jurisdictions certified under subsection (k)(2).
- (m) Definitions
- In this section:
- The term means a unit of local government that has a requested a grant under this subpart and has a population of over 100,000 people.
covered jurisdiction - The term
hate crimemeans— - The term means that a covered jurisdiction—
significant community public education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes
- The term means a unit of local government that has a requested a grant under this subpart and has a population of over 100,000 people.
- In this section:
- (j) Evaluation for reporting on hate crimes