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Which legislative act created new criminal codes criminalizing intentional bodily injury in hate crimes?

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The Shepard Byrd Act makes it a federal crime to willfully cause bodily injury, or attempt to do so using a dangerous weapon, because of the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin
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