To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act.
Enacted by
the 117th United States Congress
Effective
March 29, 2022
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 117–107 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large
136 Stat. 1125
Codification
U.S.C. sections amended
18 U.S.C. § 249
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 55 by Bobby Rush (D–IL) on January 4, 2021
Committee consideration by House Judiciary
Passed the House on February 28, 2022 (422–3)
Passed the Senate on March 7, 2022 (unanimous consent)
Signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 29, 2022
Then-Senator Kamala Harris debates in support of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act on June 5, 2020.
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act is a United States federal law which defines lynching as a federal hate crime, increasing the maximum penalty to 30 years imprisonment for several hate crime offences.[1][2]
It was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 28, 2022, and U.S. Senate on March 7, 2022, and signed into law on March 29, 2022, by President Joe Biden.[3]
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