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Lance Gooden (R-TX)

Protect the Presidency Act

H.R. 8685 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

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 is titled the "Protect the Presidency Act." It seeks to amend section 1751 of title 18, United States Code. The primary goal is to include the death penalty as a punishment for attempts to assassinate certain individuals. This change would insert the phrase "death or" before "imprisonment" in the existing law.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this shorten or soften prison sentences?

    The bill increases the severity of criminal penalties by allowing the death penalty for assassination attempts of certain individuals.

The opposite

  • Scored -3

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

    Expanding the scope of capital punishment for assassination attempts introduces more severe legal consequences within the judicial process.