110 HR 5652 IH: Child Sexual Slavery Prevention Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-03-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5652 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2008 Mr. Pearce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Child Sexual Slavery Prevention Act of 2008.

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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.