United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8757 (116th)
BRICKS Act of 2020
Introduced
17 November 2020
Last action
17 November 2020 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Ken Buck, F. SENSENBRENNER, Louie Gohmert, Andy Biggs, W. Steube, Tom McClintock, Thomas Tiffany, Bob Gibbs, Ted Budd, Denver Riggleman, Steve King, Jeff Duncan, Bill Posey, Paul Gosar, David Rouzer, Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14], Gregory Murphy, Scott Perry, Eric Crawford, Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1], Debbie Lesko
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Blocking Rioters and Insurrectionists from our Cities to Keep us Safe Act of 2020 or the BRICKS Act of 2020 This bill increases the penalties for rioting. First, the bill increases from 5 to 10 years the maximum prison term for crossing state lines or using interstate facilities for the purpose of rioting. It also imposes an enhanced penalty for an individual who commits such an offense related to rioting and those actions (1) result in serious bodily injury or death; (2) include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; or (3) include kidnapping, attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or attempt to kill.
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Timeline
17 November 2020
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
17 November 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 November 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 17 November 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 November 2020
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 November 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 17 November 2020
Sponsors
- Ken Buck · R · Sponsor
- F. SENSENBRENNER · R · Sponsor
- Louie Gohmert · R · Sponsor
- Andy Biggs · R · Sponsor
- W. Steube · R · Sponsor
- Tom McClintock · R · Sponsor
- Thomas Tiffany · R · Sponsor
- Bob Gibbs · R · Sponsor
- Ted Budd · R · Sponsor
- Denver Riggleman · R · Sponsor
- Steve King · R · Sponsor
- Jeff Duncan · R · Sponsor
- Bill Posey · R · Sponsor
- Paul Gosar · R · Sponsor
- David Rouzer · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] · R · Sponsor
- Gregory Murphy · R · Sponsor
- Scott Perry · R · Sponsor
- Eric Crawford · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Debbie Lesko · R · Cosponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → No Tolerance for Rioters Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8757
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8757
- us · 116-hr-8757 · source updated 3 January 2025