Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8685

Introduced

Protect the Presidency Act

Sponsor

RLance Gooden· Texas

Introduced

May 7, 2026

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.May 7, 2026

Full text of the bill

Official source on Congress.gov ↗

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8685 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8685

To amend section 1751 of title 18, United States Code, to include the 
death penalty as punishment for an attempt to assassinate certain 
individuals.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 7, 2026

Mr. Gooden (for himself and Mr. Steube) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend section 1751 of title 18, United States Code, to include the 
death penalty as punishment for an attempt to assassinate certain 
individuals.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Protect the Presidency Act''.

SEC. 2. PUNISHMENT FOR ASSASSINATION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

Section 1751(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``death or'' before ``imprisonment''.
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