CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to include rioting in the definition of racketeering activity.

H.R. 4620 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 75 Republican cosponsors · See all 75 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes an amendment to title 18 of the United States Code. The goal is to change how racketeering activity is defined. Specifically, it aims to include rioting within that definition. This change would insert a reference to section 2101, which relates to riots, into the existing legal framework.

Yes

No question was scored yes.

The opposite

  • Scored -3

    Does this change how police departments operate?

    The bill expands the definition of racketeering to include rioting, which increases the legal tools available for criminal prosecution.

  • Scored -2

    Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?

    Expanding the definition of racketeering to include rioting may broaden the scope of criminal charges and their associated legal consequences.