All the press says the new law is about lynching but its not, its about any civil rights violation.
Applies to "acting under the color of law"
S 448, JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF LYNCHING ACT OF 2019 would make conspiring to commit any of these a Federal offense also, punishable by the same sentence.
referenced US Code sections:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/245
Section 245. Federally protected activities
(b) Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force willfully injures, intimidates or interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with—
(1) any person because he is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from—
(A) [Voting, campaigning, acting as an election official]
(B) participating in or enjoying any benefit, service, privilege, program, facility, or activity provided or administered by the United States;
(C) [working for the government]
(D) [serving as juror]
(E) participating in or enjoying the benefits of any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance; or
[Many other normal activities]
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/247
18 U.S. Code § 247. Damage to religious property; obstruction of persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/249
18 U.S. Code § 249. Hate crime acts causing injury.
Offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin.—Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any person—
42 U.S. Code § 3631. Violations; penalties
applies to Housing and real estate business
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/07/05/how-congress-failed-nearly-200-times-to-make-lynching-a-federal-crime/
Senator Richard Russell blocked an earlier attempt at such a bill.