,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,greene of ,georgia 7for      
herself and ,mr4 ,massie7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,permanent ,select     
,committee on ,intelligence1 for a      
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to provide protections for nonviolent   
political protesters1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,matthew ,lawrence  
,perna ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,release of a
 defendant pending trial for nonviolent 
political protesters2 recovery for      
certain defendants detained ,section    
#cadb of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  

the following3  7k7 ,no detention for   
nonviolent political protesters  7#a7   
,in general ,a person charged with a    
covered political protest offense1 and  
not charged with any crime of violence  
7as such term is defined in section     
#af7;a77 may not be detained under this 
section4  7#b7 ,covered political       
protest offense defined ,in this        
subsection1 the term covered political  
protest offense means an offense-- 7,a7 
arising out of political protest        
activities2 and  7,b7 which is not a    
crime of violence 7as such term is      
defined in section #af7;a774  7l7 ,civil
 action ,a person who is tried for a    
,federal offense and is not convicted1  
or charged with an offense and the      
charges are dropped1 and the person was 
detained during the pendency of the     
trial or charges1 may bring an action in
 a district court of the ,united ,states
 against the ,united ,states and any    
officer or employee of the ,united      
,states seeking compensatory damages4  4

  #c4 ,speedy trial for nonviolent      
political protesters ,section #cafa7;a7 
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by inserting after ,in any case 
involving a defendant charged with an   
offense the following3 7including a     
covered political offense 7as such term 
is defined in section #cadb7k774  #d4   
,remedies available for malicious       
overprosecution  7a7 ,in general        
,section #bfhj7;h7 of title #bh1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by inserting 
malicious overprosecution1 after false  
arrest1 malicious prosecution14  7b7    
,definitions ,section #bfga of title    
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
,the term malicious prosecution means   
charging a person with an offense when  
the official filing such charges knows  
or has reason to know that there is not 
probable cause to believe that the      
person committed the offense1 and       
because of personal or political        
animosity1 bias1 or otherwise not in the

 interest of justice4  ,the term        
malicious overprosecution means         
malicious prosecution that involves     
charging a person with an offense that  
is grossly disproportionate to conduct  
alleged4  4  #e4 ,limitation on use of  
national security authority  7a7 ,in    
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 a national security   
authority may not be used by a          
,government official against a citizen  
of the ,united ,states1 unless the      
citizen is intentionally acting as agent
 of a foreign power or entity4  7b7     
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
national security authority means-- 7#a7
 any authority under the ,national      
,security ,act of #aidg or any authority
 conferred onto any of the departments1 
agencies1 councils1 committees or any   
other entities created1 established1    
restructured1 or otherwise governed by  
such ,act2 and  7#b7 any authority      
exercised by the ,national ,security    
,division of the ,department of         

,justice1 the ,national ,security       
,branch of the ,federal ,bureau of      
,investigation1 or the ,intelligence    
,branch of the ,federal ,bureau of      
,investigation4  #f4 ,disclosure of     
investigations of citizens of the       
,united ,states ,the provisions of      
section #eeb7;b7 of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code1 do not apply with respect
 to a request made by a ,united ,states 
citizen that requests information about 
whether the ,united ,states is or was   
surveilling or investigating the        
citizen4  #g4 ,sense of ,congress       
regarding sentencing covered political  
protest offenses ,it is the sense of    
,congress that in sentencing a defendant
 for a covered political protest offense
 7as such term is defined in section    
#cadb of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code71 a judge should impose a sentence
 that is consistent with the minimum    
sentence provided by the guideline range
 applicable to the defendant4  #h4      
,transfer of venue ,notwithstanding any 

other provision of law1 in the criminal 
trial of any individual for the         
commission of a criminal offense in the 
,district of ,columbia1 the individual  
on trial may choose venue for the       
proceedings and trial to be in the      
district court for the district and     
division embracing that individual's    
primary residence4