HR 289
117th Congress
House
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
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 15, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced in House
Jan 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Jan 13, 2021
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Plain-English summary
Support Peaceful Protest Act
This bill imposes additional penalties upon an individual who is convicted of a federal offense related to conduct during the course of a protest (e.g., rioting).
First, in addition to the penalty for the conviction, the individual must pay restitution to cover the cost of federal policing during the protest.
Second, the individual is ineligible for pandemic unemployment assistance.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.