[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3906 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3906

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that a person 
sentenced by a court-martial to confinement for life may not be granted 
    parole until the person has been confined for at least 30 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1998

  Mr. Bryant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that a person 
sentenced by a court-martial to confinement for life may not be granted 
    parole until the person has been confined for at least 30 years.

    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 ``Military Parole Limitation Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PAROLE FOR PERSONS SENTENCED BY A COURT-MARTIAL 
              TO CONFINEMENT FOR LIFE.

    Section 952 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) An offender serving a sentence of confinement for life for an 
offense committed after the date of the enactment of this subsection 
may not be granted parole before the completion of at least 30 years of 
such confinement.''.
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