Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2021 This bill establishes new requirements to expand the availability of information on domestic terrorism, as well as the relationship between domestic terrorism and hate crimes. The bill also facilitates the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes and reports of COVID-19 hate crimes. It authorizes domestic terrorism components within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to monitor, analyze, investigate, and prosecute domestic terrorism. The bill creates an interagency task force to analyze and combat white supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement agencies. It directs the FBI to assign a special agent or hate crimes liaison to each field office to investigate hate crimes incidents with a nexus to domestic terrorism. Finally, the bill requires a designated officer or employee of DOJ to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes and reports of COVID-19 hate crimes. It defines COVID-19 hate crime as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: (1) the actual or perceived characteristic (e.g., race or ethnicity) of any person, and (2) the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightCrime preventionCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeDisability and health-based discriminationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Federal-Indian relationsFirearms and explosivesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHate crimesInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsTerrorismViolent crime
Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2021
USA117th CongressS-963| Senate
| Updated: 3/25/2021
Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2021 This bill establishes new requirements to expand the availability of information on domestic terrorism, as well as the relationship between domestic terrorism and hate crimes. The bill also facilitates the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes and reports of COVID-19 hate crimes. It authorizes domestic terrorism components within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to monitor, analyze, investigate, and prosecute domestic terrorism. The bill creates an interagency task force to analyze and combat white supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement agencies. It directs the FBI to assign a special agent or hate crimes liaison to each field office to investigate hate crimes incidents with a nexus to domestic terrorism. Finally, the bill requires a designated officer or employee of DOJ to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes and reports of COVID-19 hate crimes. It defines COVID-19 hate crime as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: (1) the actual or perceived characteristic (e.g., race or ethnicity) of any person, and (2) the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightCrime preventionCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeDisability and health-based discriminationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Federal-Indian relationsFirearms and explosivesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHate crimesInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsTerrorismViolent crime