[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9212 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9212

     To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to murder 
      perpetrated by a domestic terrorist, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2022

 Mr. Gohmert 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, with respect to murder 
      perpetrated by a domestic terrorist, 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 ``Domestic Terrorist Murder Act (DTMA) 
of 2022''.

SEC. 2. MURDER PERPETRATED BY A DOMESTIC TERRORIST.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1111 the following:

``SEC. 1111A. DOMESTIC TERRORIST MURDER.

    ``(a) In General.--Whoever is a member of a criminal street gang 
(as defined by section 521) or a covered individual and is guilty of 
murder under section 1111 shall be guilty of domestic terrorist murder 
and shall be sentenced to death or a term of imprisonment for life 
without parole and may not be sentenced to a term of imprisonment less 
than 20 years.
    ``(b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term 
`covered individual' means an individual who is or has been associated 
with an organization or group that has caused more than $500,000 in 
damages by virtue of protests, riots, or other destructive actions.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of sections for chapter 51 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the matter 
involving section 1111 the following:

``1111A. Domestic terrorist murder.''.
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