{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-protect-arkansas-national-guardsmen", "Cotton Introduces Bill to Protect Arkansas National Guardsmen", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353\n\nDecember 18, 2025\n\nCotton Introduces Bill to Protect Arkansas National Guardsmen\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation to create a 15-foot protective zone around any National Guardsmen in uniform performing domestic duties. The National Guard Protective Zone Act will ensure that any individual who attempts to intimidate or harass a Guardsmen will face consequences.\n\n\u201cThe brave Arkansans who serve in our National Guard should be protected from deranged individuals. My bill ensures that anyone who attempts to intimidate or harass a Guardsmen will face the full force of the law,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\nThe National Guard Protective Zone Act would:\n\nCreate a federally defined \u201cprotective zone\u201d (15 feet) around any Guardsman in uniform actively performing Title 32 or Title 10 domestic duties.\n\nMandate that entering the zone with intent to intimidate, harass, or impede equates to a new federal misdemeanor.\n\nEstablish as a felony the act of touching, spitting on, or throwing any object at a National Guard member while on duty, with a maximum penalty of imprisonment for up to five years.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-protect-arkansas-national-guardsmen"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6217208467423916, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}