No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act

Bill: 116-s-4550
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-09-09
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Detention of persons

Evidence and witnesses

Firearms and explosives

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act</b></p> <p>This bill creates a rebuttable presumption that an individual who is charged with an offense related to rioting or civil disorder shall be detained pending trial.</p> </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4550 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 9, 2020 Mr. Cotton (for himself and Mrs. Loeffler ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable presumption that a person arrested for rioting or related offenses should be held pending trial.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act . 2. Rebuttable presumption on holding persons arrested for rioting pending trial Section 3142(e)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (F) an offense under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 231(a) or under section 2101. .