BRICKS Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 687 To amend title 18, United States Code, by increasing the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense of rioting, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 2, 2021 Mr. BUCK (for himself, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. STEUBE, and Mrs. LESKO) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju- diciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, by increasing the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense of riot- ing, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Blocking Rioters and 4 Insurrectionists from our Cities to Keep us Safe Act of 5 2021’’ or as the ‘‘BRICKS Act of 2021’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Feb 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H687.IH H687 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 687 IH SEC. 2. MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR RIOTING INCREASED. 1 Section 2101(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 2 amended— 3 (1) in subsection (a)— 4 (A) by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting 5 ‘‘10 years’’; 6 (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If 7 serious bodily injury (as such term is defined in 8 section 2246) results from the acts committed 9 in violation of this section or if such acts in- 10 clude the use, attempted use, or threatened use 11 of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall 12 be fined under this title or imprisoned not more 13 than 25 years, or both; and if death results 14 from the acts committed in violation of this sec- 15 tion or if such acts include kidnapping or an at- 16 tempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an 17 attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or 18 an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this 19 title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for 20 life, or both.’’; and 21 (C) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), 22 (C), or (D) of this paragraph’’ and inserting 23 ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this sub- 24 section’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Feb 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H687.IH H687 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 687 IH (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subparagraph 1 (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (1) of subsection 2 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) 3 of subsection (a)’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:55 Feb 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H687.IH H687 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS