[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2489 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2489

  To amend section 1091 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the 
         prosecution of genocide in appropriate circumstances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2007

 Mr. Berman (for himself and Mr. Pence) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 1091 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the 
         prosecution of genocide in appropriate circumstances.

    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 ``Genocide Accountability Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. GENOCIDE.

    Section 1091 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Required Circumstance for Offenses.--The circumstance 
referred to in subsections (a) and (c) is that--
            ``(1) the offense is committed in whole or in part within 
        the United States;
            ``(2) the alleged offender is a national of the United 
        States (as that term is defined in section 101 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101));
            ``(3) the alleged offender is an alien lawfully admitted 
        for permanent residence in the United States (as that term is 
        defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1101));
            ``(4) the alleged offender is a stateless person whose 
        habitual residence is in the United States; or
            ``(5) after the conduct required for the offense occurs, 
        the alleged offender is brought into, or found in, the United 
        States, even if that conduct occurred outside the United 
        States.''.
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