3.0.0 4551 2023-01-11T13:44:47Z 2023-01-11T13:44:47Z Senate S 2020-09-09 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-09T21:50:59Z 2020-09-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-09-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N L000594 Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] Kelly Loeffler R GA 2020-09-09 True Law Law 00 2020-09-09 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-04T17:47:49Z Rioting Restitution Act

This bill allows individuals who are personally injured by a riot, or who suffer property damage because of a riot, to sue those responsible in federal court and receive triple damages.

Specifically, the bill allows victims to sue any person that (1) caused the injury or property damage; (2) traveled from out of state or used, for example, the internet, telephone, television, or mail with the intent to incite, organize, or participate in the riot; and (3) did incite, organize, or participate in the riot or attempted to do so.

]]> Rioting Restitution Act Display Title Rioting Restitution Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Rioting Restitution Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a cause of action for persons injured by rioting. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4551is/xml/BILLS-116s4551is.xml 2020-09-09 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.