[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6058 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6058

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal penalties for 
                home invasions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2008

  Mr. Murphy of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal penalties for 
                home invasions, 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 the ``Safe Homes Safe Families Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. HOME INVASION OFFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 103 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2120. Home invasion
    ``(a) Whoever engages in a home invasion while possessing a weapon 
that has moved in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce shall be 
punished as follows:
            ``(1) If death results or is attempted, the defendant shall 
        be punishable as provided for the like offense in the special 
        maritime and territorial jurisdiction under section 1111, 1112, 
        or 1113.
            ``(2) If the offense would be an assault had it occurred in 
        the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction, the 
        defendant shall be punishable as provided for the like offense 
        in section 113.
            ``(3) If the offense would be a robbery had it occurred in 
        the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction, the 
        defendant shall be punishable as provided for the like offense 
        in section 2111.
            ``(4) If the offense would be a sexual assault had it 
        occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction, 
        the defendant shall be punishable as provided for the like 
        offense in section 2241.
            ``(5) In any other case, the defendant shall be punishable 
        as provided in the first paragraph of section 2117 for the 
        entering of a vehicle carrying interstate shipments of freight 
        with the intent to commit larceny therein.
    ``(b) For the purposes of this section, a home invasion occurs when 
a person enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling, while a person 
other than a participant in the crime is actually present in such 
dwelling, with intent to commit a Federal or other criminal offense, 
and, in the course of committing the offense commits or attempts to 
commit a Federal or other criminal offense against a person present at 
such dwelling or such person is armed with explosives or a deadly 
weapon.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 103 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item:

``2120. Home invasion.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON HOME INVASIONS.

    The Attorney General shall report annually to Congress on the 
number of home invasions reported to Federal and State law enforcement 
agencies each year.
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