Hate Crime Statistics Act
- Hate Crime Statistics Act
The Hate Crime Statistics Act, [http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2004/appendix_a.htm 28 USC 534] , requires the Attorney General to collect data on crimes committed because of the victim's race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. The bill was signed into law by George H. W. Bush, and was the first federal statute to "recognize and name gay, lesbian and bisexual people." [ [http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/hate_crimes_main_page/timeline Hate Crimes Protections Timeline] , National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Retrieved on 05-04-2007.] Since 1992, the Department of Justice through one of its agencies, the FBI, has jointly published an annual report on hate crime statistics. [See, e.g., [http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2004/openpage.htm Hate Crime Statistics, 2004] .]
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