The Justice Department will start enforcing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act next year, regardless of who is named President on Nov. 5th.

Anyone refusing a COVID-19 shot is subject to ten years in federal prison.

It was added to the Hate Crime Bill on May 21st, 2021.

The COVID-19 Health Emergency Public Emergency expires on Sept. 30th.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/09/fact-sheet-end-of-the-covid-19-public-health-emergency.html#:~:text=That%20means%20with%20the%20COVID,the%20expiration%20of%20the%20PHE.

It renews automatically when the Secretary of Health & Human Services issues another alert.

Joe Biden (left) and Kamala Harris.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sign-anti-asian-hate-crime-bill-law/story?id=77801857

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/937/text

The Bill passed the Senate, 94-1.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00165.htm

It passed the House 364-62.

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021145

A voice-only file of the bill is linked here:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/937/text

The 42-Page Justice Department Report on COVID-19 Hate Crimes is linked here:

https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/file/1223831/dl?inline=