Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Shepard-Byrd_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:1969_United_States_federal_hate-crime_law
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:18_U.S.C._§_249
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:111th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:expandsProtectionTo	crimes motivated by a victim's disability crimes motivated by a victim's gender identity crimes motivated by a victim's sexual orientation crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:James_Byrd_Jr. gptkb:Matthew_Shepard
gptkbp:opposedBy	some religious and conservative groups
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2010
gptkbp:prosecutedBy	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:provides	federal funding to state and local law enforcement for hate crime investigations
gptkbp:purpose	to address and prevent hate crimes in the United States
gptkbp:removes	victim engaged in a federally protected activity
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Barack_Obama October 28, 2009
gptkbp:supportedBy	LGBTQ advocacy groups
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:LGBT_social_movements gptkb:LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States gptkb:gay_rights_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6