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1	1	88R10205 BPG-D
2	2	By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 52
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, The nation's top law enforcement officials have
7	7	warned that white supremacy represents the most significant
8	8	domestic terror threat; and
9	9	WHEREAS, The Department of Justice has worked to protect
10	10	Americans from domestic violent extremism since its founding more
11	11	than 150 years ago, when it pursued white supremacists determined
12	12	to oppress people newly freed from slavery and deny them their
13	13	constitutional rights; and
14	14	WHEREAS, In May 2021, the United States attorney general and
15	15	secretary of Homeland Security warned U.S. senators of escalating
16	16	peril, noting that 2019 had been the deadliest year for violent
17	17	domestic extremism since 1995; a report drafted by the Department
18	18	of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the
19	19	National Counterterrorism Center, under the auspices of the
20	20	Director of National Intelligence, outlined the elevated threat
21	21	posed by domestic violent extremism; the FBI assessed that the top
22	22	domestic violent extremist threat stems from racially or ethnically
23	23	motivated violent extremists, specifically those who claim
24	24	superiority of the white race; the Homeland Security secretary
25	25	stated that "racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists
26	26	are the most likely to conduct mass casualty attacks against
27	27	civilians"; the secretary and the attorney general both cautioned
28	28	that the threat of domestic extremism has intensified because of
29	29	encrypted apps and other online communications and the
30	30	proliferation of increasingly lethal weaponry; and
31	31	WHEREAS, Addressing the rising threat of racially motivated
32	32	violence, U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced
33	33	House Resolution 61, the Leading Against White Supremacy Act of
34	34	2023; the bill would amend Title 18 of the United States Code to
35	35	broaden the definition of hate crimes in order to prevent and
36	36	prosecute crimes motivated by white supremacy, as well as
37	37	conspiracies to commit such crimes; it would affirm the DOJ's
38	38	authority to conduct investigations, intercede, and take any other
39	39	measures it deems necessary and appropriate to interdict, mitigate,
40	40	or prevent potentially violent actions of this nature; under the
41	41	legislation, the DOJ's Uniform Crime Reporting Program would keep
42	42	track of white supremacist-inspired hate crimes, related actions,
43	43	and enforcement measures; and
44	44	WHEREAS, The Department of Justice is charged with the
45	45	responsibility to protect citizens of the United States and
46	46	preserve their constitutional rights, and the Leading Against White
47	47	Supremacy Act of 2023 supports the agency in fulfilling this vital
48	48	mission; now, therefore, be it
49	49	RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
50	50	hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to pass
51	51	House Resolution 61, the Leading Against White Supremacy Act of
52	52	2023; and, be it further
53	53	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
54	54	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
55	55	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
56	56	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
57	57	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
58	58	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
59	59	memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.