[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 289 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 289

To hold individuals convicted of Federal offenses during the course of 
 protests financially liable for the cost of Federal policing, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2021

  Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Murphy of 
North Carolina, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Bishop of North Carolina) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To hold individuals convicted of Federal offenses during the course of 
 protests financially liable for the cost of Federal policing, 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 ``Support Peaceful Protest Act''.

SEC. 2. ORDER OF RESTITUTION.

    In the case of an individual convicted of a Federal offense related 
to the individual's conduct at and during the course of a protest with 
respect to which a Federal law enforcement officer was engaged in 
policing activity, the court shall, in addition to the penalty for such 
conviction, order the individual to pay an order of restitution to the 
appropriate Federal law enforcement agency in an amount that is equal 
to the cost of such policing activity, as determined by the court.

SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY FOR ENHANCED FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

    An individual convicted of a Federal offense related to the 
individual's conduct at and during the course of a protest, is 
ineligible for any Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under 
section 2104 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023) or any other Federal 
supplemental unemployment compensation during the COVID-19 public 
health emergency (as such term is defined in section 2102 of the CARES 
Act (15 U.S.C. 9021).
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