[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2247 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2247

To provide additional punishment for certain crimes against women when 
    the crimes cause an interruption in the normal course of their 
                  pregnancies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2003

Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
  Towns, Mr. Filner, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
   Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Olver, Ms. Carson of Indiana, and Ms. 
Loretta Sanchez of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide additional punishment for certain crimes against women when 
    the crimes cause an interruption in the normal course of their 
                  pregnancies, 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 ``Motherhood Protection Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. CRIMES AGAINST A WOMAN THAT AFFECT THE NORMAL COURSE OF HER 
              PREGNANCY.

    (a) Whoever engages in any violent or assaultive conduct against a 
pregnant woman resulting in the conviction of the person so engaging 
for a violation of any of the provisions of law set forth in subsection 
(c), and thereby causes an interruption to the normal course of the 
pregnancy resulting in prenatal injury (including termination of the 
pregnancy), shall, in addition to any penalty imposed for the 
violation, be punished as provided in subsection (b).
    (b) The punishment for a violation of subsection (a) is--
            (1) if the relevant provision of law set forth in 
        subsection (c) is set forth in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of 
        that subsection, a fine under title 18, United States Code, or 
        imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both, but if the 
        interruption terminates the pregnancy, a fine under title 18, 
        United States Code, or imprisonment for any term of years or 
        for life, or both; and
            (2) if the relevant provision of law is set forth in 
        subsection (c)(4), the punishment shall be such punishment 
        (other than the death penalty) as the court martial may direct.
    (c) The provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) are the 
following:
            (1) Sections 36, 37, 43, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 229, 242, 
        245, 247, 248, 351, 831, 844(d), (f), (h)(1), and (i), 924(j), 
        930, 1111, 1112, 1114, 1116, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1153(a), 
        1201(a), 1203(a), 1365(a), 1501, 1503, 1505, 1512, 1513, 1751, 
        1864, 1951, 1952(a)(1)(B), (a)(2)(B), and (a)(3)(B), 1958, 
        1959, 1992, 2113, 2114, 2116, 2118, 2119, 2191, 2231, 2241(a), 
        2245, 2261, 2261A, 2280, 2281, 2332, 2332a, 2332b, 2340A, and 
        2441 of title 18, United States Code.
            (2) Section 408(e) of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 
        (21 U.S.C. 848).
            (3) Section 202 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
        2283).
            (4) Sections 918, 919(a), 919(b)(2), 920(a), 922, 924, 926, 
        and 928 of title 10, United States Code (articles 118, 119(a), 
        119(b)(2), 120(a), 122, 124, 126, and 128).
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