[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 942 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 942

    To amend section 2119 of title 18, United States Code, to make 
 carjacking a Federal offense without regard to whether the offense is 
committed with the use of a firearm and to authorize imposition of the 
     death penalty if death results from commission of the offense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 12 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

 Mr. Lieberman (for himself and Mr. Pressler) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend section 2119 of title 18, United States Code, to make 
 carjacking a Federal offense without regard to whether the offense is 
committed with the use of a firearm and to authorize imposition of the 
     death penalty if death results from commission of the offense.

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

SECTION 1. CARJACKING.

    Section 2119 of title 18, United States Code, is amended.
            (1) by striking ``, possessing a firearm as defined in 
        section 921 of this title,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``or imprisoned for any 
        number of years of for life, or both'' and inserting ``or 
        punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for 
        life, or both''.

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