Support Peaceful Protest Act

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 protest to pay the cost of federal policing activity during the protest. In addition, such an individual is ineligible for pandemic unemployment assistance.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8117 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8117

To hold individuals convicted of Federal offenses during the course of 
 protests financially liable for the cost of Federal policing, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 28, 2020

  Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To hold individuals convicted of Federal offenses during the course of 
 protests financially liable for the cost of Federal policing, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Support Peaceful Protest Act''.

SEC. 2. ORDER OF RESTITUTION.

    In the case of an individual convicted of a Federal offense related 
to the individual's conduct at and during the course of a protest with 
respect to which a Federal law enforcement officer was engaged in 
policing activity, the court shall, in addition to the penalty for such 
conviction, order the individual to pay an order of restitution to the 
appropriate Federal law enforcement agency in an amount that is equal 
to the cost of such policing activity, as determined by the court.

SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY FOR ENHANCED FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

    An individual convicted of a Federal offense related to the 
individual's conduct at and during the course of a protest, is 
ineligible for any Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under 
section 2104 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023) or any other Federal 
supplemental unemployment compensation during the COVID-19 public 
health emergency (as such term is defined in section 2102 of the CARES 
Act (15 U.S.C. 9021).
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