Hate Crime Reporting Center

Section 1 of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (34 U.S.C. 41305) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Hate Crime Reporting Center (1) Establishment The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall establish and maintain within the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Hate Crime Reporting Center (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the HCRC). (2) Coordinator and staff (A) Coordinator (i) Appointment The HCRC shall be headed by the Coordinator of Hate Crimes Reporting (hereinafter in this section referred to as the Coordinator), appointed by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from among persons who have substantial experience in monitoring and combating hate crimes. In considering applicants for the position of Coordinator, the Director shall consider persons employed outside Government as well as Government employees. (ii) Duties of the coordinator The Coordinator shall— (I) serve as the principal advisor to the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on hate crime reporting in the United States; (II) coordinate all Federal efforts to gather and determine incidents of hate crimes in the United States; and (III) ensure hate crime data collection and reporting is comprehensive, accurate, and publicly accessible. (iii) Term and removal The Coordinator shall serve for a 6-year term of office, and shall be eligible for reappointment. The Coordinator shall not be subject to removal during the term of office, except for cause established in accordance with law. (iv) Position classification The position of the Coordinator may not be a position in the excepted service or filled by a noncareer appointee, and shall be filled by an individual who is not a political appointee. (v) Direction and control Except as provided in clause (iii), the Coordinator shall be free from the direction and control of any person other than the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (vi) Prohibition on delegation The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may not delegate to any other officer or employee of the Department, other than the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Deputy Attorney General, the authority of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with respect to the HCRC. (B) Personnel The Coordinator shall appoint such employees as are necessary for the administration of the HCRC. An employee of the HCRC shall have no duties other than those that are necessary to carry out this subsection. Each position of the HCRC shall be filled by an individual who is not a political appointee. (C) Political appointee In this subsection, the term political appointee means an individual occupying— (i) a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5 (relating to the Executive Schedule); (ii) a noncareer position in the Senior Executive Service, as described under section 3132(a)(7) of title 5; (iii) a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; or (iv) a position which has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character. (3) Mission The mission of the HCRC shall be to strive to record, track, index, report, and publish data related to every hate crime committed in the United States. (4) Methods (A) Public awareness campaign The HCRC shall conduct a national public awareness campaign, which— (i) may— (I) include appealing visual and auditory elements; (II) be updated annually; and (III) be distributed to law enforcement agencies for— (aa) physical posting in 1 or more high traffic public places, such as community centers, billboards, and police stations; (bb) digital posting on 1 or more high traffic web pages; and (cc) advertisements on television and radio; and (ii) shall— (I) use such methods and materials as are necessary to maximize accessibility; and (II) make special efforts to reach out to all communities targeted by hate crimes, including through culturally appropriate and multilingual methods. (B) Contracting with nonprofits The HCRC may carry out this subsection directly or through a contract with a nonprofit organization that specializes in public awareness communications. (C) Media and online monitoring The HCRC shall employ researchers to closely monitor all media reports and online platforms pertinent to hate crimes in the United States. (D) Partnerships The HCRC may establish partnerships with national community organizations with chapters across the country in order to build trust and to create additional reporting streams to receive credible reports of hate crimes. (E) Law enforcement The HCRC shall receive information from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and shall have access to all data submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under such program as to make its own independent determinations. (5) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032 to carry out this subsection. (6) Publication of findings Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the HCRC shall publicly publish and disseminate the number of hate crimes the HCRC recorded in the previous year, including a breakdowns by State and by class targeted. (7) Reports to Congress (A) Report on hate crimes Not later than the date that is 180 days after the effective date of this subsection, and every 90 days thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in consultation with the Coordinator, shall submit to Congress a report detailing the hate crimes the HCRC has recorded for that reporting period, including information such as location, targeted class, and any related law enforcement action. The report shall be unclassified but may contain a classified annex. (B) Report on activities Not later than the date that is 180 days after the effective date of this subsection, and every 180 days thereafter for a period of 5 years, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in consultation with the Coordinator, shall submit to Congress a report detailing the activities of the HCRC for that reporting period, including as described in paragraphs (1), (3), and (5). (8) Hate crime For purposes of this subsection, the term hate crime means a crime described in subsection (b)(1)..