Bobby Rush

“ The court, in imposing sentence on a person convicted of a violation of section 932 or 933, shall order, in addition to any other sentence imposed pursuant to section 932 or 933, that the person forfeit to the United States all property described in paragraph (1) . “ (b) A defendant who derives profits or other proceeds from an offense under section 932 or 933 may be fined not more than the greater of— “ (1) the fine otherwise authorized by this part; and “ (2) the amount equal to twice the gross profits or other proceeds of the offense under section 932 or 933.”. ”

“ APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 45 days after the initial meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall appoint one individual, without regard to political affiliation, as Chief of Staff of the Commission. (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The individual appointed as Chief of Staff— (A) shall be a private citizen of the United States of integrity and impartiality who is a distinguished professional; and (B) may not be a present employee of the Federal Government. ”

“ Mass moblike lynchings were barbaric by nature characterized by members of the mob, mostly White southerners, shooting, burning, and mutilating the victim’s body, alive. (5) In “Anatomy of a Lynching: The Killing of Claude Neal”, community papers readily advertised mob lynchings, as evidenced by a Florida local paper headline: “Florida to Burn Negro at Stake: Sex Criminal Seized from Brewton Jail, Will be Mutilated, Set Afire in Extra-Legal Vengeance for Deed.” (6) Civil rights groups documented and presented Congress evidence of vigilante moblike lynchings. ”

“ Subsection (b) (1) shall not apply to any firearm that is lawfully purchased by a person— “ (1) to be given as a bona fide gift to a recipient who provided no service or tangible thing of value to acquire the firearm, unless the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe such recipient is prohibited by Federal law from possessing, receiving, selling, shipping, transporting, transferring, or otherwise disposing of the firearm ”

“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Emmett Till Antilynching Act”. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In the 20th century lynching occurred mostly in southern States by White southerners against Black southerners. (2) In 1892, the Tuskegee Institute began to record statistics of lynchings and reported that 4,742 reported lynchings had taken place by 1968, of which 3,445 of the victims were Black. ”

“ Such personnel may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and (subject to subsection (c) ) may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. ”