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116th Congress
Senate
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Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020
Introduced: August 4, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 4, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 4, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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