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No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act

S. 4550 · 116th Congress · Sep 9, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable presumption that a person arrested for rioting or related offenses should be held pending trial.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act”.

2. Rebuttable presumption on holding persons arrested for rioting pending trial

Section 3142(e)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (D), by striking “or” at the end;
(2)
in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(F) an offense under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 231(a) or under section 2101.”