[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4150 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4150

   To amend title 18, United States Code, and other laws to protect 
      children from criminal recidivists, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2004

 Ms. Harris (for herself, Mr. Lampson, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hayes, Mr. 
Goss, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Regula, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Carter, Mr. Keller, 
Ms. Hart, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Burns, Mr. Goode, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Miller of 
 Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Shaw, Ms. Ginny Brown-
  Waite of Florida, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Pearce, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
Manzullo, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Smith of Texas, and Mr. Putnam) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
   Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
   Infrastructure, 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 amend title 18, United States Code, and other laws to protect 
      children from criminal recidivists, 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 ``Carlie's Law''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF PROBATION OR SUPERVISED RELEASE.

    (a) Probation.--Section 3565(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) commits a felony crime of violence; or
            ``(6) commits a crime of violence against, or an offense 
        that consists of or is intended to facilitate unlawful sexual 
        contact (as defined in section 2246) with, a person who has not 
        attained the age of 16 years;''.
    (b) Supervised Release.--Section 3583(g) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) commits a felony crime of violence; or
            ``(6) commits a crime of violence against, or an offense 
        that consists of or is intended to facilitate unlawful sexual 
        contact (as defined in section 2246) with, a person who has not 
        attained the age of 16 years;''.

SEC. 3. AMBER ALERT GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligibility Requirements.--Section 303(c) of the PROTECT Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5791b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Additional eligibility requirement.--To be eligible 
        for a grant under this section in a fiscal year, a State shall 
        certify in writing to the Secretary that, in the fiscal year, 
        the State, with respect to a minor residing in the State, will 
        make a good faith effort to notify any non-custodial parent of 
        the minor if--
                    ``(A) the minor is the victim of a crime of 
                violence or sexual abuse; or
                    ``(B) the custodial parent of the minor is charged 
                with a drug offense, rape, or crime of violence or 
                sexual abuse.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 303(h) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5791b(h)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 2004'' and 
inserting ``each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005''.
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