3.0.0 277 2026-02-06T17:30:14Z 2026-02-06T17:30:14Z House H HR 2025-01-09 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/277 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. GREENE of Georgia:H.R. 277.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, United States Constitution[Page H92]</pre> hlig00 Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee House Select Referred To 2025-01-09T14:39:00Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-09T14:38:50Z 2025-01-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hlig00 Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee 2025-01-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2025-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000596 Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14] Marjorie Greene R GA Taylor 14 N M001184 Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] Thomas Massie R KY 4 2025-01-09 True Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative remedies 2025-06-20T18:33:49Z Civil actions and liability 2025-06-20T18:33:54Z Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation 2025-06-20T18:33:36Z Criminal procedure and sentencing 2025-06-20T18:33:41Z Detention of persons 2025-06-20T18:33:31Z Due process and equal protection 2025-06-20T18:34:00Z Protest and dissent 2025-06-20T18:33:27Z Crime and Law Enforcement 2025-05-15T12:37:23Z

00 2025-01-09 Introduced in House 2026-02-06T17:28:32Z <p><strong>Matthew Lawrence Perna Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill limits certain actions by the federal government related to the criminal prosecution and sentencing of individuals who are charged with a political protest offense. A <em>political protest offense</em> is a federal criminal offense that arises&nbsp;out of protest activities and is not a crime of violence. The bill also makes other changes that apply more broadly to curtail certain investigations and prosecutions of federal criminal offenses.</p><p>With respect to individuals who are charged with a political protest offense, the bill</p><ul><li>prohibits pretrial detention,&nbsp;</li><li>generally requires the federal criminal trial to begin within 70 days of being charged or making an initial appearance before the court, and</li><li>expresses the sense of Congress that the sentence imposed should be consistent with the minimum sentence provided by the guideline range applicable to the defendant.</li></ul><p>With respect to investigations and prosecutions of federal criminal offenses more broadly, the bill</p><ul><li>makes the United States potentially liable for malicious overprosecution committed by federal investigative or law enforcement officers,</li><li>limits the use of a national security authority (e.g., the Central Intelligence Agency) against a U.S. citizen,</li><li>requires federal agencies to disclose whether the United States is or was investigating or surveilling a U.S. citizen when that information is requested under the Freedom of Information Act,&nbsp;and&nbsp;</li><li>allows a defendant on trial for a criminal offense in the District of Columbia to change the venue of the trial to the U.S. district court that covers his or her primary residence.</li></ul>

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