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The Hate Crime Statistics Act, 28 U.S.C. § 534 (HCSA), passed in 1990 and modified in 2009 by the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act,[1] 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."[2] Since 1992, the Department of Justice through one of its agencies, the FBI, has jointly published an annual report on hate crime statistics.[3][4]
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| Long title | An Act to provide for the acquisition and publication of data about crimes that manifest prejudice based on certain group characteristics. |
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| Acronyms (colloquial) | HCSA |
| Nicknames | Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 |
| Enacted by | the 101st United States Congress |
| Effective | April 23, 1990 |
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| Public law | 101-275 |
| Statutes at Large | 104 Stat. 140 |
| Codification | |
| Titles amended | 28 U.S.C.: Judiciary and Judicial Procedure |
| U.S.C. sections amended | 28 U.S.C. § 534 |
| Legislative history | |
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On November 16, 2020, the FBI released its 2019 Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report with the total number of reported hate crime incidents rising 2.7% to 7,317 (2019) from 7,120 (2018).[5]
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