U.S. CODE TITLE IX
CIVIL RIGHTS
(A) Conspiracy against civil rights
(1) Any person which conspires to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any person in any state, territory, or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States shall be imprisoned for no less than 5 and no more than 10 years.
(B) Deprivation of rights under color of law
- (1) Any person which under color of any law, statute or ordinance, regulation or custom, willfully subjects any person in any state, territory, or district, to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of United States, or to different punishments, pains or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, shall be imprisoned for no less than 5 and no more than 10 years.
(C) Federally protected activities
- (1) Any person which by force or threat of force, willfully injures, intimidates or interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person:
(A) Voting;
(B) Participating in or enjoying any benefit, service, privilege or program, facility or activity provided or administered by United States;
(C) Serving, or attending upon any federal court or federal government;
(D) Participating in or enjoying the benefits of any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance;
(E) Travelling in or using any facility of interstate commerce, or using any vehicle, terminal, or facility of any common carrier by motor, rail, water or air;
(F) Enjoying the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations of any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, or of any restaurant, cafeteria, or other facility which serves the public and which is principally engaged in selling food or beverages, or of any gasoline station, or of any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or any other place of exhibition or entertainment which serves the public
(B) Participating in or enjoying any benefit, service, privilege or program, facility or activity provided or administered by United States;
(C) Serving, or attending upon any federal court or federal government;
(D) Participating in or enjoying the benefits of any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance;
(E) Travelling in or using any facility of interstate commerce, or using any vehicle, terminal, or facility of any common carrier by motor, rail, water or air;
(F) Enjoying the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations of any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, or of any restaurant, cafeteria, or other facility which serves the public and which is principally engaged in selling food or beverages, or of any gasoline station, or of any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or any other place of exhibition or entertainment which serves the public
(D) Deprivation of relief benefits
- (1) Any person which indirectly or directly deprives, attempts to deprive, or threatens to deprive any person of any employment, position, work, compensation or other benefit provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress appropriating funds for work relief or relief purposes, on account of political affiliation, race, color, sex, religion or national origin, shall be fined no less than $100,000 and no more than $10,000,000 or imprisoned for no less than 1 year and no more than 5 years.
(E) Damage to religious property, obstruction in expression of religious beliefs
- (1) Any person which intentionally defaces, damages, or destroys any religious property, because of the religious character of that property, or attempts to do so, or obstructs by force or threat of force, any person in the enjoyment of that person's free exercise of religious beliefs, or attempts to do so shall be fined no less than $100,000 and no more than $10,000,000 or imprisoned for no less than 1 year and no more than 5 years.
(F) Hate crimes
- (1) Any person which willfully causes injury to any person because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any person shall be imprisoned no less than 10 and no more than 15 years.