TITLE II-CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEC. 201. There shall be in the Department of Justice an additional Assistant Attorney General, learned in the law, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall, under the direction of the Attorney General, be in charge of a Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice concerned with all matters pertaining to the preservation and enforcement of civil rights secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States. SEC. 202. The personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice shall be increased to the extent necessary to carry out effectively the duties of such Bureau with respect to the investigation of civil-rights cases under applicable Federal law. Such Bureau shall include in the training of its agents appropriate training and instructions, to be approved by the Attorney General, in the investigation of civil-rights cases. TITLE III-JOINT COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS SEC. 301. There is established a Joint Committee on Civil Rights (hereinafter called the "joint committee"), to be composed of seven Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and seven Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The party representation on the joint committee shall as nearly as may be feasible reflect the relative membership of the majority and minority parties in the Senate and House of Representatives. SEC. 302. It shall be the function of the joint committee to make a continuing study of matters relating to civil rights, including the rights, privileges, and immunities secured and protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States; to study means of improving respect for and enforcement of civil rights; and to advise with the several committees of the Congress dealing with legislation relating to civil rights. SEC. 303. Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. SEC. 304. The joint committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such places and times, to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, and to take such testimony, as it deems advisable. The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, as amended (2 U. S. C. 192, 193, 194), shall apply in case of any failure of any witness to comply with a subpena or to testify when summoned under authority of this section. Within the limitations of its appropriations, the joint committee is empowered to appoint and fix the compensation of such experts, consultants, technicians, and clerical and stenographic assistance, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures as, in its discretion, it deems necessary and advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report hearings of the joint committee, or any subcommittee thereof, shall not exceed 40 cents per hundred words. SEC. 305. Funds appropriated to the joint committee shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate on vouchers signed by the chairman and vice chairman. SEC. 306. The joint committee may constitute such advisory committees and may consult with such representatives of State and local governments and private organizations as it deems advisable. TITLE IV-CRIMINAL LAWS PROTECTING CONSTITUTIONAL SEC. 401. Title 18, United States Code, section 241, is amended to read as follows: "§ 241. Conspiracy against rights of citizens "(a) If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District in the free exercise or enjoy ment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or "If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured, they shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. "(b) If any person injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or "If any person goes in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, if the injury or other wrongful conduct herein shall cause the death or maiming of the person so injured or wronged. "(c) Any person or persons violating the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be subject to suit by the party injured, or by his estate, in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for damages or preventive or declaratory or other relief. The district courts, concurrently with State and Territorial courts, shall have jurisdiction of all proceedings under this subsection without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy. The term 'district courts' includes any district court of the United States as constituted by chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code (28 U. S. C. 81 et seq.), and the United States court of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of he United States." SEC. 402. Title 18, United States Code, section 242, is amended to read as follows: "§ 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law "Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects, or causes to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, if the deprivation, different punishment, or other wrongful conduct herein shall cause the death or maiming of the person so injured or wronged." SEC. 403. Title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 242 thereof the following new section: "§ 242A. Enumeration of rights, privileges, and immunities "The rights, privileges, and immunities referred to in title 18, United States Code, section 242, shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, the following: "(1) The right to be immune from exactions of fines, or deprivations of property, without due process of law. “(2) The right to be immune from punishment for crime or alleged criminal offenses except after fair trial and upon conviction and sentence pursuant to due process of law. (3) The right to be immune from physical violence applied to exact testimony or to compel confession of crime or alleged offenses. "(4) The right to be free of illegal restraint of the person. "(5) The right to protection of person and property without discrimination by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin. "(6) The right to vote as protected by Federal law." SEC. 404. If any provision of this title or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the title and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. TITLE V-LAWS PROTECTING RIGHT TO POLITICAL PARTICIPATION SEC. 501. Title 18, United States Code, section 594, is amended to read as follows: "§ 594. Intimidation of voters "Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories and possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing such candidate, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." SEC. 502. Section 2004 of the Revised Statutes (42 U. S. C. 1971) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2004. All citizens of the United States who are otherwise eligible by law shall be entitled to and allowed the same and equal opportunity to qualify to vote and to vote at any general, special, or primary election by the people conducted in or by any State, Territory, district, county, city, parish, township, school district, municipality, or other Territorial subdivision, without distinction, direct or indirect, based on race, color, religion, or national origin; any constitution, law, custom, usage, or regulation of any State or Territory, or by or under its authority, to the contrary notwithstanding. The right to qualify to vote and to vote, as set forth herein, shall be deemed a right within the meaning of, and protected by, the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 242, as amended, section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U. S. C. 1983), and other applicable provisions of law." SEC. 503. In addition to the criminal penalties provided, any person or persons violating the provisions of section 594 of title 18, United States Code, shall be subject to suit by the party injured, or by his estate, in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for damages or preventive or declaratory or other relief. The provisions of such section and of section 2004 of the Revised Statutes shall also be enforceable by the Attorney General in suits in the district courts for preventive or declaratory or other relief. The district' courts, concurrently with State and Territorial courts, shall have jurisdiction of all other proceedings under this section without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy. The term "district courts" includes any district court of the United States as constituted by chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code (28 U. S. C. 81 et seq.), and the United States court of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. SEC. 504. If any provision of this title or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the title and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. TITLE VI-CRIMINAL LAWS RELATING TO CONVICT LABOR, PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE SEC. 601. Subsection (a) of section 1581 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) Whoever holds or returns any person to a condition of peonage, or arrests any person with the intent of placing him in or returning him to a condition of peonage, or attempts to hold, return, or arrest any person with such intent, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both." SEC. 602. Section 1583 of such title is amended to read as follows: "§ 1583. Enticement into slavery "Whoever holds or kidnaps or carries away any other person, or attempts to hold, kidnap, or carry away any other person, with the intent that such other person be held in or sold into involuntary servitude, or held as a slave; or "Whoever entices, persuades, or induces, or attempts to entice, persuade, or induce, any other person to go on board any vessel or other means of transportation or to any other place within or beyond the United States with the intent that he be made a slave or held in involuntary servitude, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both." SEC. 603. Section 1584 of such title is amended to read as follows: "§ 1584. Sale into involuntary servitude "Whoever knowingly and willfully holds to involnuntary servitude, or sells into any condition of involuntary servitude, any other person for any term, or brings within the United States any person so held, or attempts to commit any of the foregoing acts, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both." TITLE VII-PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION SEC. 701. (a) All persons traveling within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, and privileges of any public conveyance operated by a common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, and all the facilities furnished or connected therewith, subject only to conditions and limitations applicable alike to all persons, without discrimination or segregation based on race, color, religion, or national origin. (b) Whoever, whether acting in a private, public, or official capacity, denies or attempts to deny to any person traveling within the jurisdiction of the United States the full and equal enjoyment of any accommodation, advantage, or privilege of a public conveyance operated by a common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, except for reasons applicable alike to all persons of every race, color, religion, or national origin, or whoever incites or otherwise participates in such denial or attempt, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not to exceed $1,000 for each offense, and shall also be subject to suit by the injured person or by his estate, in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceedings for damages or preventive or declaratory or other relief. Such suit or proceeding may be brought in any district court of the United States as constituted by chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code (28 U. S. C. 81 et seq.), or the United States court of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy, or in any State or Territorial court of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 702. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof, to segregate, or attempt to segregate, or otherwise discriminate against passengers using any public conveyance or facility of such carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, on account of the race, color, religion, or national origin of such passengers. Any such carrier or officer, agent, or employee thereof who segregates or attempts to segregate such passengers or otherwise discriminate against them on account of race, color, religion, or national origin shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not to exceed $1,000 for each offense, and shall also be subject to suit by the injured person in an action of law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for damages or preventive or declaratory or other relief. Such suit or proceeding may be brought in any district court of the United States as constituted by chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code (28 U. S. C. 81 et seq.), or the United States court of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy, or in any State or Territorial court of competent jurisdiction. UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, March 22, 1955. Hon. HERBERT BROWNELL, JR., The Attorney General, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL: The Judiciary Committee is herewith transmitting S. 907 for your study and report thereon in triplicate. To facilitate the work of the committee, it is urgently requested that your report be submitted within 20 days. The committee should be formally advised in writing if any delay beyond this time period is necessary. Most sincerely yours, Chairman. Mr. YOUNG. S. 1089, a bill to extend to uniformed members of the Armed Forces the same protection against bodily attack as is now granted to personnel of the Coast Guard. I offer that bill, Mr. Chairman, to be made part of the record, and also the request for report on S. 1089 and the report thereon. Senator JOHNSON. They may be made part of the record. [S. 1089, 84th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To extend to uniformed members of the Armed Forces the same protection against bodily attack as is now granted to personnel of the Coast Guard Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words "man of the Coast Guard," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "uniformed members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard,". UNITED STATES SENATE, March 8, 1955. Hon. CHARLES E. WILSON, Secretary, Department of Defense, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. SECRETARY: The Judiciary Committee is herewith transmitting S. 1089 for your study and report thereon in triplicate. To facilitate the work of the committee, it is urgently requested that your report be submitted within 20 days. The committee should be formally advised in writing if any delay beyond this time period is necessary. Most sincerely yours, Chairman. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, Hon. HARLEY M. KILGORE, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Reference is made to your request for the views of the Department of Defense on S. 1089, 84th Congress, a bill to extend to uniformed members of the Armed Forces the same protection against bodily attack as is now granted to personnel of the Coast Guard. The Secretary of Defense has delegated to this Department the responsibility for expressing the views of the Department of Defense on this matter. The purpose of the proposed legislation is to extend to all members of the Armed Forces the same protection afforded to certain civilian officers and employees of the United States, and personnel of the Coast Guard, as enumerated in title 18, United States Code, section 1114. To accomplish this the bill would amend title 18, United States Code, section 1114, by substituting the words "uniformed members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard", in lieu of the words "man of the Coast Guard" as they now appear in the statute. It is the view of the Department of Defense that the protection afforded other Government personnel by sections 111 and 1114 of title 18, United Saes Code, should be extended to members of the Armed Forces. However, the use of the words "uniformed members" in this bill invites the interpretation that the amended section would not be applicable to enlisted members of the Armed Forces who are performing official duties, but who are not in uniform. There is no such limitation on the protection given enlisted members of the Coast Guard under existing law, nor does it appear that the wearing of the unform should be a necessary requisite for the protection which would be afforded under the proposed legislation. The courts have held that, to be amenable to punishment under such a statute, a killer need not know that he is killing an officer, agent or employee of the United States (McNabb v. U. S., C. C. A. Tenn. 1941, 123 F. (2) 848; cert. den. 316 U. S. 658). It is therefore recommended that the word |