[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5501 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5501

  To amend section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, to raise the 
    mandatory minimum of years of imprisonment for engaging in the 
            trafficking of any persons under the age of 18.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2023

 Mr. Moylan (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs. Radewagen, 
Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Carter of Georgia) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, to raise the 
    mandatory minimum of years of imprisonment for engaging in the 
            trafficking of any persons under the age of 18.

    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 ``Combatting Human-Trafficking of 
Innocent Lives Daily Act of 2023'' or the ``CHILD Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. RAISE MANDATORY MINIMUM OF YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR ENGAGING 
              IN TRAFFICKING OF ANY PERSONS UNDER AGE OF 18.

    Section 1591(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(b) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) is a fine 
under this title and imprisonment for not less than 25 years or for 
life.''.
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