US SB3724

Requires the Attorney General to establish within 3 years a method to evaluate whether local governments with populations over 100,000 are credibly reporting hate crimes to the FBI

Makes jurisdictions ineligible for federal crime control grants if they fail to report hate crime data or report zero hate crime incidents for a given year

Allows jurisdictions to retain grant eligibility if the Attorney General certifies they have conducted significant community public education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes

Requires jurisdictions seeking the exception to either adopt hate crime policies and standardized reporting systems, or establish specialized hate crime units and conduct regular public educational forums

Mandates the Attorney General publish an annual report on the Department of Justice website listing jurisdictions that qualified for the certification exception