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House, Senate panels differ on future of hate crime grants - Roll Call

House and Senate appropriators are divided in their fiscal 2026 spending bills on whether to zero out funding for grants authorized under two laws focused on addressing hate crimes. 

The Trump administration, in its budget request, proposed cutting all funding for grants authorized under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act.

A Republican-controlled House appropriations subcommittee stuck with White House’s request, approving a Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill last week that would provide no money for grants authorized under those acts.

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