[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7315 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7315

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the penalty for use 
                   of force, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2020

     Ms. Omar (for herself, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Thompson of 
 Mississippi, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, and Ms. 
Ocasio-Cortez) 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, to clarify the penalty for use 
                   of force, 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 ``Protecting Our Protesters Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW.

    Section 242 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``United States,'' and inserting ``United 
        States, including the use of force during a response to a 
        protest''; and
            (2) by striking ``, or may be sentenced to death''.
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