Emmett Till Antilynching Act

Emmett Till Antilynching Act
Long title	To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act.
Enacted by	the 117th United States Congress
Effective	March 29, 2022
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 117–107 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	136 Stat. 1125
Codification
U.S.C. sections amended	18 U.S.C. § 249
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 55 by Bobby Rush (D–IL) on January 4, 2021; Committee consideration by House Judiciary; Passed the House on February 28, 2022 (422–3); Passed the Senate on March 7, 2022 (unanimous consent); Signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 29, 2022;

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act is a United States federal law which defines lynching as a federal hate crime, increasing the maximum penalty to 30 years imprisonment for several hate crime offences.

It was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 28, 2022, and U.S. Senate on March 7, 2022, and signed into law on March 29, 2022, by President Joe Biden.

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