[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1898 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1898

  To amend title 18 of the United States Code to penalize the rape of 
                       minors in Federal prisons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 1997

   Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18 of the United States Code to penalize the rape of 
                       minors in Federal prisons.

    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 ``Juvenile Rape in Prison Protection 
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. JUVENILE RAPE IN PRISON.

    Section 2241(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Whoever'';
            (2) by striking ``(1)'' and inserting ``(A)'';
            (3) by striking ``(2)'' and inserting ``(B)''; and
            (4) by adding the following new paragraphs:
    ``(2) Whoever, having attained the age of 21 years, violates 
paragraph (1) of this subsection or subsection (b) in a Federal prison 
shall, except in the case of an attempt, if the victim has not attained 
the age of 18 years, be imprisoned for life.
    ``(3) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under paragraph 
(2) of this subsection, which the defendant must establish by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the defendant reasonably believed 
that the victim had attained the age of 18 years.''.
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