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Banning Rubber Bullets Act of 2020

Introduced: November 27, 2020 Introduced by: Boyle, Brendan F. Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Banning Rubber Bullets Act of 2020

This bill prohibits the use of nonlethal rounds (e.g., rubber or plastic bullets) by federal law enforcement officers for crowd control or in response to passive resistance and provides that an individual injured by the use of these rounds may bring a civil action. It also discourages the use of nonlethal rounds by state and local law enforcement officers by requiring similar prohibitions as a condition of receiving certain federal funding for crime prevention.

What's happening now November 27, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Nov 27, 2020
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Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Nov 27, 2020
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Nov 27, 2020
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Nov 27, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8823: Banning Rubber Bullets Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8823/
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"H.R. 8823: Banning Rubber Bullets Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8823/.
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H.R. 8823, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8823/.
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[H.R. 8823: Banning Rubber Bullets Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8823/)
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