[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7196 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7196

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain uses of 
 riot control agents constitute civil rights violations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2020

Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. 
 Fudge, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, and Mr. Vela) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain uses of 
 riot control agents constitute civil rights violations, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Right to PROTEST Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. USE OF RIOT CONTROL AGENT AS CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

    Section 242 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``For the purposes of this section, the use 
of a riot control agent without a prior clear and audible warning is a 
punishment, pain, or penalty. The term `riot control agent' has the 
meaning given the term `chemical weapon' in section 229F, except that 
such term includes a toxic chemical and its precursors where intended 
for a purpose not prohibited under chapter 11B.''.
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