3.0.0 1346 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z Senate S S 2009-06-24 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2010-07-21T20:46:13Z Markup by 2010-05-06T21:17:44Z Referred to 2009-06-24T22:18:21Z 2010-07-21 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 474. Calendars 2010-07-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2010-07-21 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-05-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2009-06-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7011-7012) IntroReferral 2009-06-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7010-7011, S7012) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-06-24 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-06-24 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2010-04-20 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2010-04-22 False 2010-05-25T04:00:00Z S. 1346, Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2010 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21501 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 6, 2010</p> 2010-05-25T04:00:00Z S. 1346, Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2010 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21501 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 6, 2010 2010-08-05T04:00:00Z S. 1346, Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2010 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21807 <p>Pay-as-you-go table for the bill with an amendment provided to CBO on August 5, 2010</p> 2010-08-05T04:00:00Z S. 1346, Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2010 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21807 Pay-as-you-go table for the bill with an amendment provided to CBO on August 5, 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Human rights Jurisdiction and venue War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2009-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-20T20:12:54Z Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties on persons who commit or engage in certain crimes, including murder, trafficking in persons, sexual crimes, kidnapping, hostage taking, torture, national, ethnic, racial, or religious cleansing, arbitrary detention, or imposed measures intended to prevent births, as part of a widespread and systematic attack directed against any civilian population and with knowledge of the attack. Provides for expanded jurisdiction for prosecution of persons committing such crimes.

]]> 01 2010-07-21 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2010-09-02T21:44:29Z Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years (or any term of years or for life if death results from a violation of the prohibitions of this Act) on any person who commits or engages in conduct that would violate specified federal criminal laws (including murder, kidnapping, peonage, involuntary servitude, forced labor or trafficking in persons, sex trafficking of children, sexual abuse, hostage taking, torture, extermination, national, ethnic, racial, or religious cleansing, or measures intended to prevent births) as part of a widespread (not less than 50 victims) and systematic attack against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack.

Provides for jurisdiction to prosecute a violation of this Act if: (1) the alleged offender is a U.S. national, an alien residing in the United States, or a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States; or (2) the offense is committed in whole or in part within the United States. Exempts prosecutions under this Act from any statute of limitations.

Prohibits a prosecution for a violation of this Act in the United States unless the Attorney General certifies in writing that: (1) there is no foreign jurisdiction prepared to prosecute a violation of this Act and a prosecution by the United States is in the public interest and necessary to secure substantial justice; and (2) the Secretaries of State and Defense and the Director of National Intelligence do not object to a prosecution.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) make unlawful conduct pursuant to the laws of war; (2) limit or extinguish any otherwise available defense or immunity; (3) support ratification of, or participation by the United States in, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; or (4) repeal or limit the applicability of the American Servcemembers' Protection Act of 2002.

]]> Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2010 Display Title Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to penalize crimes against humanity and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2009 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Crimes Against Humanity Act of 2010 S Senate Reported to Senate 2010-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1346rs/xml/BILLS-111s1346rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2009-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1346is/xml/BILLS-111s1346is.xml 2010-07-21 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 474. 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.