II 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2437 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 16 (legislative day, March 15), 2006 Mr. Stevens (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Talent, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Byrd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To increase penalties for trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor.

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Amendment to title 18

The text of section 1590 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Whoever knowingly recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, any person for labor or services in violation of this chapter shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for any term of years or life. If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnaping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for any term of years or life. If such violation involves kidnaping more than 1 person, or involves aggravated sexual assault on more than 1 person, the defendant shall be subject to the death penalty..