[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5652 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5652

   To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to make certain 
   changes in the Sentencing Guidelines as they affect certain human 
                         trafficking offenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2008

  Mr. Pearce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to make certain 
   changes in the Sentencing Guidelines as they affect certain human 
                         trafficking offenses.

    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 ``Child Sexual Slavery Prevention Act 
of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DIRECTION TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.

    The United States Sentencing Commission shall, pursuant to its 
authority under section 994 of title 28, United States Code, amend the 
Federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements so as to achieve 
the following:
            (1) In section 2H4.1--
                    (A) so as to increase the base levels in each of 
                subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) by 4 levels;
                    (B) so as to add a special offense characteristic 
                based on the age of the victim if that age is under 18 
                years, and increase the base levels by 6 for that 
                characteristic; and
                    (C) so as to add a special offense characteristic 
                increasing the penalties by 4 levels if the intent of 
                the defendant was to enslave the victim for the purpose 
                of sexual acts.
            (2) In section 2L1.1--
                    (A) so as to increase the base level in subsection 
                (a)(3) by 8 levels;
                    (B) so as to add a special offense characteristic 
                based on the age of the victim if that age is under 18 
                years, and increase the base levels by 6 for that 
                characteristic; and
                    (C) so as to add a special offense characteristic 
                increasing the penalties by 6 levels if the intent of 
                the defendant was to enslave the victim for the purpose 
                of sexual acts.
            (3) In section 2G1.3, so as to increase all the base levels 
        in subsection (a) by 3 levels.
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