[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9601 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9601

 To ensure that homicides can be prosecuted under Federal law without 
regard to the time elapsed between the act or omission that caused the 
               death of the victim and the death itself.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2022

  Mr. Tiffany (for himself and Mr. Johnson of Georgia) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that homicides can be prosecuted under Federal law without 
regard to the time elapsed between the act or omission that caused the 
               death of the victim and the death itself.

    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 ``Justice for Murder Victims Act''.

SEC. 2. HOMICIDE OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1123. No maximum time period between act or omission and death 
              of victim
    ``A prosecution may be instituted for any homicide offense under 
the laws of the United States without regard to the time that elapsed 
between--
            ``(1) the act or omission that caused the death of the 
        victim; and
            ``(2) the death of the victim.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of sections for chapter 51 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``1123. No maximum time period between act or omission and death of 
                            victim.''.
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