[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4031 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4031

 To provide for the prosecution as adults of juveniles 13 years old or 
                 older for certain crimes of violence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the prosecution as adults of juveniles 13 years old or 
                 older for certain crimes of violence.

    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 ``Juvenile Prosecution Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. PROSECUTION AS ADULTS OF CERTAIN JUVENILES FOR CRIMES OF 
              VIOLENCE.

    The 4th undesignated paragraph of section 5032 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``; however'' and inserting ``. In 
the application of the preceding sentence, if the crime of violence is 
an offense under section 113(a), 113(b), 113(c), 1111, 1113, or, if the 
juvenile possessed a firearm during the offense, section 2111, 2113, 
2241(a), or 2241(c) of this title, `thirteen' shall be substituted for 
`fifteen' and `thirteenth' shall be substituted for `fifteenth'. 
However''.

SEC. 3. COMMENCEMENT OF JUVENILE PROCEEDING.

    Section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``Any proceedings against a juvenile under this chapter or as 
an adult shall not be commenced until'' and inserting ``A juvenile 
shall not be transferred to adult prosecution nor shall a hearing be 
held under section 5037 (disposition after a finding of juvenile 
delinquency) until''.

SEC. 4. SEPARATION OF JUVENILE FROM ADULT OFFENDERS.

    Section 5039 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``, whether pursuant to an adjudication of delinquency or 
conviction for an offense,'' after ``committed''.

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