1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act of 2024 . 2. Requirement to credibly report hate crimes Section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10156 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Evaluation for reporting on hate crimes Beginning not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act and from the data acquired by the Attorney General in accordance with the Hate Crimes Statistics Act ( 34 U.S.C. 41305 ), the Attorney General shall establish a method of evaluating and use such method to evaluate whether a covered jurisdiction has credibly reporting hate crimes, including whether, for each year, a covered jurisdiction— (1) has not reported hate crime data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or (2) has reported zero hate crime incidents to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (k) Eligibility (1) In general A covered jurisdiction that is found not to have credibly reported hate crimes following an evaluation pursuant to subsection (j) shall not be eligible for an allocation under this section. (2) Exception A covered jurisdiction that is found not to have credibly reported hate crimes following an evaluation pursuant to subsection (j) shall not be subject to a penalty under paragraph (1) if the Attorney General certifies that the covered jurisdiction has conducted significant community hate crime public education and awareness initiatives. (l) Annual report Each year the Attorney General shall publish on the internet website of the Department of Justice a report on the covered jurisdictions certified under subsection (k)(2). (m) Significant community hate crime public education and awareness initiatives The term significant community hate crime public education and awareness initiatives means that a covered jurisdiction— (1) has— (A) made substantial progress towards comprehensive reporting hate crimes; (B) adopted a policy on identifying, investigating, and reporting hate crimes