[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1733 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1733

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 1996

  Mr. Helms (for himself, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Brown, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
  Lott, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Faircloth) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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, and for other purposes.

    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 (28 U.S.C. 994 note) 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, an elderly person, or any other vulnerable person.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `crime of violence' has same meaning as in 
        section 16 of title 18, United States Code;
            ``(2) the term `child' means a person who is 14 years of 
        age or younger;
            ``(3) the term `elderly person' means a person who is 65 
        years of age or older; and
            ``(4) the term `vulnerable person' means a person whom the 
        defendant knew or should have known was unusually vulnerable 
        due to age, physical or mental condition, or otherwise 
        particularly susceptible to the criminal conduct.''.
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