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        S.888

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven


                                 An Act


 
  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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.