{"data":{"id":"us/34-u.s.c.-30502","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 U.S.C. § 30502","heading":"Definitions","body":"In this division—(1) the term “crime of violence” has the meaning given that term in section 16 of title 18; (2) the term “hate crime” has the meaning given that term in section 280003(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 2096), as amended by this Act; (3) the term “local” means a county, city, town, township, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State; and (4) the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.","path":["Title 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 305—HATE CRIMES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc34@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:14Z","sha256":"0db2057659816baa86514ead1d396d8454d280b3e945038d5c1a895e52e212b4","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/34-u.s.c.-30501","next":"us/34-u.s.c.-30503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}