Stop Hate Crimes Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4187 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4187 To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the causation element in the Federal hate crime statute, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2025 Mr. Lieu (for himself, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Norton, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the causation element in the Federal hate crime statute, and for other purposes. 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 ``Stop Hate Crimes Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION AS TO CAUSATION ELEMENT IN HATE CRIMES. Section 249(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preced…