S 4550 116th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Detention of persons Evidence and witnesses Firearms and explosives Violent crime

No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act

Introduced: September 9, 2020 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 9, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Sep 9, 2020

Introduced in Senate

Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act

This bill creates a rebuttable presumption that an individual who is charged with an offense related to rioting or civil disorder shall be detained pending trial.

What's happening now September 9, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Cite this page click to expand

APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4550: No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4550/

MLA

"S. 4550: No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4550/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 4550, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4550/.

Markdown link

[S. 4550: No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4550/)