Journalist Protection Act
Official title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for assault against journalists, and for other purposes.
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What This Bill Does
This bill establishes new criminal offenses for intentional acts (or attempts to commit acts) that cause bodily injury to a journalist.
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- Library of CongressIntroduced in Senate
- SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced
- Committee

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