[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3424 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3424

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced sentences 
                     for repeat violent offenders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 1993

  Mr. Hoyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced sentences 
                     for repeat violent offenders.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Three-Time Loser Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR THREE TIME VIOLENT OFFENDERS.

    Section 3581 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c) Punishment of Certain Violent Felons.--
            ``(1) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this title or any other law, in the case of a conviction for a 
        Federal violent felony, the court shall sentence the defendant 
        to prison for life, if the defendant has previously been 
        convicted of two or more other violent felonies, at least two 
        of which occurred during separate criminal episodes.
            ``(2) Definition.--As used in this section the term 
        `violent felony' is a State or Federal crime of violence (as 
        defined in section 16 of this title)--
                    ``(A) that involves the threatened use, use, or the 
                risk of use of physical force against the person of 
                another;
                    ``(B) for which the maximum authorized imprisonment 
                exceeds one year; and
                    ``(C) which is not designated a misdemeanor by the 
                law that defines the offense.
            ``(3) Effect on death penalty.--This subsection shall not 
        be construed to prevent the imposition of the death penalty.''.

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