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S 4553 116th Congress Senate 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

Introduced: September 9, 2020 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 9, 2020
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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 public gathering to pay the cost of federal policing activity during the public gathering. In addition, such an individual is ineligible for pandemic unemployment assistance.

What's happening now September 9, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  • HR 8117 Related bill Support Peaceful Protest Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4553: Support Peaceful Protest Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4553/
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"S. 4553: Support Peaceful Protest Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4553/.
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S. 4553, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4553/.
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