S. 4551 · 116th Congress
Rioting Restitution Act
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This bill allows individuals who are personally injured by a riot, or who suffer property damage because of a riot, to sue those responsible in federal court and receive triple damages.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 9, 2020
Rioting Restitution Act
This bill allows individuals who are personally injured by a riot, or who suffer property damage because of a riot, to sue those responsible in federal court and receive triple damages.
Specifically, the bill allows victims to sue any person that (1) caused the injury or property damage; (2) traveled from out of state or used, for example, the internet, telephone, television, or mail with the intent to incite, organize, or participate in the riot; and (3) did incite, organize, or participate in the riot or attempted to do so.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Rioting Restitution Act
Latest action (Sep 9, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Law · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 9, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.