[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3887 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3887

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for 
                                rioting.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 2024

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for 
                                rioting.

    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 ``Stop Pro-Terrorist Riots Now Act''.

SEC. 2. RIOTS.

    Section 2101 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding subsection 
        (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 
                (D) of this paragraph--'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection--'';
                    (B) by inserting ``less than one year if the 
                defendant, in carrying out an activity described in 
                this subsection, committed an act of violence or aided 
                or abetted any other person in committing an act of 
                violence, nor'' before ``more''; and
                    (C) by striking ``five'' and inserting ``ten''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``subparagraph (A), (B), 
        (C), or (D) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a)''.
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