[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2974 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2974

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 1996

 Mr. Chrysler 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 
    provide enhanced 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 Children and Elderly 
Persons Increased Punishment Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VULNERABLE VICTIMS.

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

``SEC. 240002. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VULNERABLE VICTIMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The United States Sentencing Commission shall 
amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide a sentencing 
enhancement of not less than 5 levels above the offense level otherwise 
provided for a crime of violence, if the crime of violence is against a 
child or elderly person.
    ``(b) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `crime of violence' means an offense under 
        section 113, 114, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1117, 2111, 2241, 2242, or 
        2244 of title 18, United States Code;
            ``(2) the term `child' means a person who is 11 years of 
        age, or younger; and
            ``(3) the term `elderly person' means a person who is 65 
        years of age or older.''.
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