[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1794 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1794

 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
double the minimum and maximum penalties for crimes against elderly and 
                             child victims.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1995

 Mr. Chrysler (for himself, Mr. Manton, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Solomon, and 
 Mr. Calvert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
double the minimum and maximum penalties for crimes against elderly and 
                             child victims.
    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 ``Crimes Against Youth and Elderly 
Double Penalty Act''.

SEC. 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN.

    Section 240002 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 240002. CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN.

    ``(a) In General.--The United States Sentencing Commission shall 
amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to ensure that the term of 
imprisonment for an offense where a victim of the offense is elderly or 
a child is double the minimum and maximum term that otherwise would be 
imposed for the offense if the victim were not elderly or a child.
    ``(b) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `elderly' means having attained the age of 
        65 years; and
            ``(2) the term `child' means a person who has not attained 
        the age of 12 years.
    ``(c) Increase in Minimum and Maximum Imprisonment for Offenses.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the minimum or maximum 
term of imprisonment imposable by law for an offense is less than the 
terms required under subsection (a), the minimum and maximum term of 
imprisonment is increased for that purpose to the term so required.''.
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