[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3924 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3924

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 1994

Mr. Carr of Michigan 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 to 
                       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 ``Two-Time Loser Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO 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 another State or Federal violent felony which 
        occurred during a separate criminal episode.
            ``(2) Definition.--As used in this section the term 
        `violent felony' is a crime--
                    ``(A) that involves as an element of the offense 
                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 15 years; 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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