To require that hate-crimes offenses be identified and prosecuted according to neutral and objective criteria.
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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)Inserts new text wherever appropriate
InsertsInserted: (3) Regulations.--All prosecutions conducted by the United States pursuant to this section shall be undertaken pursuant to guidelines issued by the Attorney General that shall establish neutral and objective criteria for determining whether a crime was motivated by the status of the victim.
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SA 1617. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
“(3) Regulations.--All prosecutions conducted by the United States pursuant to this section shall be undertaken pursuant to guidelines issued by the Attorney General that shall establish neutral and objective criteria for determining whether a crime was motivated by the status of the victim.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1617 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sessions.(consideration: CR S7683-7686)
July 20, 2009
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1617 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sessions.(consideration: CR S7683-7686)
July 20, 2009
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1617 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.(text as modified: CR S7683)
July 20, 2009
Amendment SA 1617 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S7683-7686) To require that hate-crimes offenses be identified and prosecuted according to neutral and objective criteria.
July 20, 2009
Amendment SA 1617 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7683)
July 20, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
July 16, 2009