To amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender.

March 9, 2005

Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. WEINER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. LEE, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. SANDERS, and Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT.

(a) In General- Subsection (b)(1) of the first section of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended--

(1) by striking `or' after `sexual orientation,'; and

(2) by inserting `or gender,' after `ethnicity,'.

(b) Application- The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to data about crimes occurring on or after the first day of the first calendar year after the enactment of this Act.

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