Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2020

H.R. 7315 · 116th Congress · Jun 24, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the penalty for use of force, and for other purposes.

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2020”.

Section 242 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

by striking “United States,” and inserting “United States, including the use of force during a response to a protest”; and

(2)

by striking “, or may be sentenced to death”.

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Jun 24, 2020viewing Introduced in House Ms. Omar (for herself, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary