3.0.0 4424 2023-01-11T13:45:20Z 2023-01-11T13:45:20Z Senate S 2020-08-04 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-04T20:47:30Z Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020 116 8301 HR 2020-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2020-08-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-08-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000594 Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] Kelly Loeffler R GA N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2020-08-04 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2020-09-09 False Crime and Law Enforcement Cardiovascular and respiratory health Crimes against property Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases Law enforcement administration and funding Protest and dissent State and local government operations Violent crime Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2020-08-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-16T19:35:45Z Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020

This bill permits the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withhold certain funding from an office of a state or local prosecutor, district attorney, or state attorney general if DOJ determines the office abused prosecutorial discretion by failing to prosecute crimes arising from riots or destructive protest activities.

]]> Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020 Display Title Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Holding Rioters Accountable Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to withhold a percentage of Federal funding from State and local prosecutors who fail to faithfully prosecute crimes related to protests and riots. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4424is/xml/BILLS-116s4424is.xml 2020-08-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.