House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act.

H.R. 6086Introduced Jun 13, 2018Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Where it went

IntroducedJun 13, 2018
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 30, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6086.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 98, June 13, 2018, Page H5153):
Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following : Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the . . . and general Welfare of the United States;'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' Article III, Section 2, Clause 2: ``The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution [and] the Laws of the United States . . .''
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2018 ↗
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

68 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 65 Democrats

3 of 68 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Val Demings (D-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and 38 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-1 district

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