To acknowledge the crime of lynching, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8651 To acknowledge the crime of lynching, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 23, 2020 Mr. AMASH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To acknowledge the crime of lynching, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITING LYNCHING. 3 Section 249(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 4 amended— 5 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para- 6 graph (5); and 7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- 8 lowing: 9 ‘‘(4) OFFENSES INVOLVING LYNCHING.— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:39 Nov 06, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8651.IH H8651 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8651 IH ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, acting with 1 one or more individuals, engages in conduct de- 2 scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) that results in 3 death, shall be subject to the same penalties as 4 prescribed in those paragraphs. 5 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON PROSECUTION.—A 6 person who is prosecuted for unlawful conduct 7 under this paragraph may not be prosecuted for 8 the same conduct under paragraph (1) or (2).’’. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:39 Nov 06, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8651.IH H8651 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS