HR 8117
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement administration and funding
Protest and dissent
Unemployment
Violent crime
Support Peaceful Protest Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 28, 2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 28, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Support Peaceful Protest Act
This bill requires an individual who is convicted of a federal offense related to the individual's conduct (e.g., rioting) during the course of a protest to pay the cost of federal policing activity during the protest. In addition, such an individual is ineligible for pandemic unemployment assistance.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committees of jurisdiction
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