BRICKS Act of 2020

Blocking Rioters and Insurrectionists from our Cities to Keep us Safe Act of 2020 or the BRICKS Act of 2020

This bill increases the penalties for rioting.

First, the bill increases from 5 to 10 years the maximum prison term for crossing state lines or using interstate facilities for the purpose of rioting.

It also imposes an enhanced penalty for an individual who commits such an offense related to rioting and those actions (1) result in serious bodily injury or death; (2) include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; or (3) include kidnapping, attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or attempt to kill.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8757 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8757

 To amend title 18, United States Code, by increasing the maximum term 
  of imprisonment for the offense of rioting, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2020

 Mr. Buck (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Biggs, Mr. 
     Steube, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Budd, Mr. 
  Riggleman, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Posey, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
 Rouzer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Perry, 
and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, by increasing the maximum term 
  of imprisonment for the offense of rioting, 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 ``Blocking Rioters and 
Insurrectionists from our Cities to Keep us Safe Act of 2020'' or as 
the ``BRICKS Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR RIOTING INCREASED.

    Section 2101(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``five years'' and inserting ``10 years'';
            (2) by striking the period after ``or both'' and inserting 
        the following: ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following: ``If serious bodily 
        injury (as such term is defined in section 2246) results from 
        the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts 
        include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a 
        dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under 
        this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both; and 
        if death results from the acts committed in violation of this 
        section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to 
        kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit 
        aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined 
        under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for 
        life, or both.''.
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