3.0.0 33 2023-01-11T13:47:30Z 2023-01-11T13:47:30Z Senate S 2021-01-22 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-01-22T20:18:17Z BRICKS Act of 2021 117 687 HR 2021-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2021-01-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-01-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N Crime and Law Enforcement Civil disturbances Criminal procedure and sentencing Firearms and explosives Protest and dissent Sex offenses Violent crime Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2021-01-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-21T16:29:48Z Blocking Rioters and Insurrectionists from our Cities to Keep us Safe Act of 2021 or the BRICKS Act of 2021

This bill increases criminal penalties for rioting and related offenses (e.g., inciting a riot).

First, the bill increases from 5 to 10 years the statutory maximum prison term for a rioting offense.

Second, it establishes higher statutory maximum penalties for rioting offenses that involve certain aggravating characteristics. Specifically, it provides

  • a prison term of up to 25 years for a rioting offense that results in serious bodily injury or includes a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; and
  • a prison term of any years or for life for a rioting offense that results in death or includes kidnapping, attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or attempt to kill.
]]> BRICKS Act of 2021 Display Title BRICKS Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced BRICKS Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Blocking Rioters and Insurrectionists from our Cities to Keep us Safe Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s33is/xml/BILLS-117s33is.xml 2021-01-22 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.