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Occurrences
today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace introduced the Restoring Law and Order on America's Streets Act, legislation to expand federal civil commitment authority and stop dangerous individuals with serious mental illness from cycling through the system with no real consequences.
Mace announced legislation to broaden federal civil commitment authority for dangerous individuals with serious mental illness.
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Congressional Bills
H.R. 8452
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, GovInfo’s Congressional Record Index still identifies the matter as H.R. 8452, with no official enactment record found in the available official sources.
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Last Action Date Listed
April 22, 2026
Action
Ms. Mace (for herself and Mr. Burchett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo metadata shows Mace introduced H.R. 8452 and it was referred to Judiciary; the listed last action is introduction/referral, not passage or enactment.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the civil commitment of persons who are a danger to public safety, and for other purposes.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill directly matches the promise by proposing to amend federal criminal procedure for civil commitment of people deemed dangers to public safety.
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Section 4248 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by inserting “or a person who is a danger to public safety” after “of a sexually dangerous person”;
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text shows the concrete mechanism: expanding 18 U.S.C. 4248 beyond sexually dangerous persons to persons deemed a danger to public safety.
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‘danger to the public’, with respect to a person, means that the person suffers from a serious mental illness, abnormality, or disorder as a result of which such person would have serious difficulty in refraining from engaging in—
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The statutory definition in Mace’s introduced bill ties the proposed civil commitment expansion to serious mental illness, matching the commitment’s substance.
provide assistance to State and local governments, through technical guidance, grants, or other legally available means, for the identification, adoption, and implementation of maximally flexible civil commitment, institutional treatment, and "step-down" treatment standards
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A related executive order directed federal support for civil-commitment approaches, but it was limited to legally available means and does not itself enact Mace’s proposed statutory expansion.
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