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Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020

Introduced: September 17, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 17, 2020
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Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020

This bill permits the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withhold certain funding from an office of a state or local prosecutor, district attorney, or state attorney general if DOJ determines the office abused prosecutorial discretion by failing to prosecute crimes arising from riots or destructive protest activities.

What's happening now September 17, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4424 Related bill Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Republican 8
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Sep 22, 2020
Roe, David
· Sep 22, 2020
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Sep 17, 2020
Burgess, Michael
· Sep 17, 2020
Collins, Doug
· Sep 17, 2020
Gibbs, Bob
· Sep 17, 2020
 R
Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Sep 17, 2020
Hice, Jody
· Sep 17, 2020
 R
Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Sep 17, 2020
Keller, Fred
· Sep 17, 2020
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Tiffany, Thomas P.
Wisconsin · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Sep 17, 2020
Yoho, Ted
· Sep 17, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8301: Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8301/
MLA
"H.R. 8301: Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8301/.
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H.R. 8301, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8301/.
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[H.R. 8301: Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8301/)
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