,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjjj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aj1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,cotton introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to increase 
the penalty for rioting4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,mitigating ,extreme ,lawlessness and   
,threats ,act4  #b4 ,riots ,section     
#baja of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7a71 in the flush text following        
paragraph 7#d71 by striking subparagraph
 7,a71 7,b71 7,c71 or 7,d7 and all that 
follows and inserting paragraph 7#a71   
7#b71 7#c71 or 7#d7 of this subsection1 
shall be punished as provided in        
subsection 7b742  7#b7 by redesignating 
subsections 7b7 through 7f7 as          
subsections 7c7 through 7g71            
respectively2  7#c7 by inserting after  
subsection 7a7 the following3  7b7 ,the 

punishment for a violation of subsection
 7a7 shall be-- 7#a7 a fine under this  
title1 or a term of imprisonment of not 
more than ten years1 or both2  7#b7 if  
the defendant1 in carrying out an       
activity described in subsection 7a71   
committed an act of violence or aided or
 abetted any other person in committing 
an act of violence1 a fine under this   
title1 a term of imprisonment of not    
less than one year and not more than ten
 years1 or both2 or  7#c7 if the        
defendant1 in carrying out an activity  
described in subsection 7a71 assaulted a
 ,federal law enforcement officer or    
member of the uniformed service1 a fine 
under this title1 or a term of          
imprisonment for any term of years1 but 
not less than one year1 or for life1 or 
both4  2 and  7#d7 in subsection 7c71 as
 so redesignated1 by striking           
subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 7,c71 or 7,d7  
of paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7a7 and 
inserting paragraph 7#a71 7#b71 7#c71 or
 7#d7 of subsection 7a74