1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Matthew Lawrence Perna Act of 2024 . 2. Release of a defendant pending trial for nonviolent political protesters; recovery for certain defendants detained Section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) No detention for nonviolent political protesters (1) In general A person charged with a covered political protest offense, and not charged with any crime of violence (as such term is defined in section 16(a)) may not be detained under this section. (2) Covered political protest offense defined In this subsection, the term covered political protest offense means an offense— (A) arising out of political protest activities