[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4550 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4550

 To amend section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, to establish a 
 rebuttable presumption that a person arrested for rioting or related 
                 offenses should be held pending trial.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2020

  Mr. Cotton (for himself and Mrs. Loeffler) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, to establish a 
 rebuttable presumption that a person arrested for rioting or related 
                 offenses should be held pending trial.

    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 ``No Catch-and-Release for Rioters 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION ON HOLDING PERSONS ARRESTED FOR RIOTING 
              PENDING TRIAL.

    Section 3142(e)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(F) an offense under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
        231(a) or under section 2101.''.
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