# 119-hr-8452: Restoring Law and Order on America’s Streets Act

119-hr-8452, Restoring Law and Order on America’s Streets Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC); status introduced (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8452
- Congress: 119
- Title: Restoring Law and Order on America’s Streets Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Expands federal civil commitment to people judged a danger to public safety.** This bill would broaden the law that allows civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons to also cover people with serious mental illness whose behavior poses a danger to the public, including violence, property crimes, public drug activity, urban camping, or urban squatting. - Homeless individuals would face a required evaluation if they were homeless immediately before entering custody or immediately before criminal charges were dismissed for reasons tied to their mental condition. These evaluations would determine whether to certify them for civil commitment. - People with serious mental illness could be subject to civil commitment based on a new "danger to the public" standard. The bill lists behaviors that could trigger this finding, such as violence, burglary, robbery, larceny, vandalism, illegal narcotics activity in public places, urban camping, and urban squatting. - Federal officials would gain authority to act under the expanded rules. The Attorney General and the Bureau of Prisons would evaluate and may certify people in federal custody under the new definitions for civil commitment.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN), 2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Expanded civil commitment for public danger: cost, low. This bill would add a new "danger to public safety" category to federal civil-commitment rules. It would let federal authorities seek commitment when a person both (1) engaged or tried to engage in listed conduct — violence; burglary, robbery, or larceny; illegal drug activity in a public place; va…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-8452 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8452)

## Related
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- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-5106: Restore Trust in Congress Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5106)
- [119-hr-5592: Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5592)
- [119-hr-8112: Preserving Social Security and Medicare for Citizens Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8112)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8452 (as of 2026-09-21).