3.0.0 2871 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z Senate S S 2004-09-30 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-30T19:07:04Z 2004-09-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-09-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10068-10069) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2004-09-30 True Crime and Law Enforcement Aliens Capital punishment Child sexual abuse Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Death Families Fines (Penalties) Forced labor Homicide Immigration International Affairs Kidnapping Labor and Employment Prostitution Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines Slavery Smuggling Terrorism Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-09-30 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-22T21:07:51Z Human Trafficking and Smuggling Penalty Enhancement Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for enhanced penalties, including the death penalty, for slavery.

Modifies alien smuggling prohibitions under the Immigration and Nationality Act to cover engaging in specified actions with knowledge that the violator is acting in reckless disregard of the fact that a person is an alien. Prohibits bringing or attempting to bring an alien to the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry or a place designated by the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, regardless of: (1) whether the alien received prior official authorization to enter the United States; (2) whether the person bringing the alien intended to violate any criminal law; or (3) any future official action which may be taken with respect to that alien. Prohibits the commission of an offense with knowledge or reason to believe that the alien unlawfully brought to or into the United States has engaged in or intends to engage in terrorist activity.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and related policy statements to implement this Act and to reflect the serious nature of the offenses and penalties referred to in this Act, the growing incidence of alien smuggling, and the need to deter, prevent, and punish such offenses.

]]> Human Trafficking and Smuggling Penalty Enhancement Act of 2004 Display Title Human Trafficking and Smuggling Penalty Enhancement Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for enhanced criminal penalties for crimes related to slavery and alien smuggling. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Human Trafficking and Smuggling Penalty Enhancement Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108s2871is/xml/BILLS-108s2871is.xml 2004-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.