{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-55","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 55","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Emmett Till Antilynching Act","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Emmett Till Antilynching Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Emmett Till Antilynching Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Emmett Till Antilynching Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed Senate","title":"Emmett Till Antilynching Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Emmett Till Antilynching Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Emmett Till Antilynching Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Emmett Till Antilynching 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offense."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill imposes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 30 years, or both—on an individual who conspires to commit a hate crime offense that results in death or serious bodily injury or that includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill."}],"words":73},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the federal hate crime law in section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to add penalties for conspiring to commit certain hate crime offenses that result in death or serious bodily injury or involve other listed acts.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55/text/enr#H6FB6A2BD6A384B4EAD41EFA1A37BF38F"}]},"core_areas":["Federal hate crime conspiracy penalties"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Emmett Till Antilynching Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55/text/enr#HCF4F7C83443F47ECA5C3026386400C54:~:text=1.%20Short%20title"}},{"text":"Adds a paragraph to section 249(a) of title 18 that applies to anyone who conspires to commit an offense under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of that subsection, if death or serious bodily injury results from the offense.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55/text/enr#H6FB6A2BD6A384B4EAD41EFA1A37BF38F"}},{"text":"Sets the penalty under that new paragraph, headed \"Lynching,\" at imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine in accordance with title 18, or both.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55/text/enr#H6FB6A2BD6A384B4EAD41EFA1A37BF38F"}},{"text":"Adds a second paragraph, headed \"Other conspiracies,\" covering conspiracy to commit those offenses where the offense includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit it, or an attempt to kill, as well as where death or serious bodily injury results.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55/text/enr#H6FB6A2BD6A384B4EAD41EFA1A37BF38F"}},{"text":"Sets the penalty under the second paragraph at imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine in accordance with title 18, or both.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55/text/enr#H6FB6A2BD6A384B4EAD41EFA1A37BF38F"}},{"text":"Directs that the budgetary effects of the Act under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 be determined by the latest \"Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation\" statement the House Budget Committee Chairman submits for printing in the Congressional Record before the vote on passage.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55/text/enr#H2B2B9177E8BE474EB1EE22068E25B7AC:~:text=3.%20Determination%20of%20budgetary%20effects"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55/text/enr#H2B2B9177E8BE474EB1EE22068E25B7AC:~:text=3.%20Determination%20of%20budgetary%20effects"},"heading":"Determination of budgetary effects","effect":"Sets how the budgetary effects of this Act are determined for Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 purposes, by reference to a statement submitted in the Congressional Record before the vote on passage.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled 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H.R. 55, 117th Congress: Emmett Till Antilynching Act. House: 422 Yea, 3 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 29 Mar 2022."}}