[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1948 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1948

 To amend section 2241 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for 
              Federal jurisdiction over sexual predators.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 1996

Mr. D'Amato (for himself and Mr. Kerry) 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 2241 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for 
              Federal jurisdiction over sexual predators.

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

SECTION 1. FEDERAL JURISDICTION OVER RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES.

    Section 2241 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Punishment for Sexual Predators.--(1) Whoever, in a 
circumstance described in paragraph (2) of this subsection--
            ``(A) violates this section; or
            ``(B) engages in conduct that would violate this section, 
        if the conduct had occurred in the special maritime and 
        territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and--
                    ``(i) that conduct is in interstate or foreign 
                commerce;
                    ``(ii) the person engaging in that conduct crossed 
                a State line with intent to engage in the conduct; or
                    ``(iii) the person engaging in that conduct 
                thereafter engages in conduct that is a violation of 
                section 1073(1) with respect to an offense that 
                consists of the conduct so engaged in;
shall be imprisoned for life.
    ``(2) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) of this 
subsection is that the defendant has previously been convicted of 
another State or Federal offense for conduct which--
            ``(A) is an offense under this section or section 2242 of 
        this title; or
            ``(B) would have been an offense under either of such 
        sections if the offense had occurred in the special maritime or 
        territorial jurisdiction of the United States.''.
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