[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 499 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 499

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide mandatory life 
     imprisonment for persons convicted of a third violent felony.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 4 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

   Mr. Lott introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide mandatory life 
     imprisonment for persons convicted of a third violent felony.

    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 ``Life Imprisonment for Egregious 
Recidivist Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. TITLE 18 AMENDMENT.

    Section 3581 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c) Imprisonment 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 other violent felonies.
            ``(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) Rule of construction.--This subsection shall not be 
        construed to prevent the imposition of the death penalty.''.

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