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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-267
EMMETT TILL ANTILYNCHING ACT
OCTOBER 31, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. NADLER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 35]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 35) to amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to
specify lynching as a hate crime act, having considered the same,
report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that
the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose an d Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 2
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 5
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 5
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures and Congressional Budget Of-
fice C ost E stim ate ............................................................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................. 5
Section-by-Section A nalysis ................................................................................... . 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 6
Purpose and Summary
H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, would amend sec-
tion 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a
hate crime under federal law. The bill corrects a longstanding
omission from Federal civil rights law.
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