No RIOT Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7503 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for assaulting a law enforcement officer while engaging in a riot, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 9, 2020 Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GIBBS, and Mr. BROOKS of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for assaulting a law enforcement officer while engaging in a riot, 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 ‘‘No Reward for Inciting 4 Organized Turmoil Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘No RIOT Act 5 of 2020’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:12 Jul 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7503.IH H7503 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7503 IH SEC. 2. ASSAULTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 1 WHILE ENGAGING IN A RIOT. 2 Section 2101 of title 18, United States Code, is 3 amended— 4 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘radio,’’ 5 the following: ‘‘the internet (including, but not lim- 6 ited to, email and social media),’’; 7 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘radio,’’ 8 the following: ‘‘the internet (including, but not lim- 9 ited to, email and social media),’’; and 10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘(g) Whoever forcibly assaults a Federal, State, or 12 local law enforcement officer in the course of an offense 13 under this section shall be, in addition to any term of im- 14 prisonment imposed under subsection (a)— 15 ‘‘(1) where the acts in violation of this sub- 16 section constitute only simple assault, be imprisoned 17 not more than one year; 18 ‘‘(2) where such acts involve physical contact 19 with the victim of that assault, be imprisoned not 20 more than 8 years, or both; 21 ‘‘(3) where such acts involve the use of a deadly 22 or dangerous weapon (including a weapon intended 23 to cause death or danger but that fails to do so by 24 reason of a defective component) or inflict bodily in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:12 Jul 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7503.IH H7503 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7503 IH jury, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 1 more than 20 years; or 2 ‘‘(4) where such acts cause death— 3 ‘‘(A) in the case of murder, as provided 4 under section 1111; or 5 ‘‘(B) in the case of manslaughter, as pro- 6 vided under section 1112.’’. 7 SEC. 3. RACKETEERING ACTIVITY. 8 Section 1961(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, 9 is amended by inserting after ‘‘section 831 (relating to nu- 10 clear materials),’’ the following: ‘‘, section 2101 (relating 11 to riots), section 1369 (relating to destruction of veterans’ 12 memorials),’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:12 Jul 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7503.IH H7503 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS