[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3629 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3629

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to revise recidivist penalty 
provisions for child sexual exploitation offenses to uniformly account 
for prior military convictions, thereby ensuring parity among Federal, 
        State, and military convictions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 18, 2024

   Mr. Rubio (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mrs. 
  Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to revise recidivist penalty 
provisions for child sexual exploitation offenses to uniformly account 
for prior military convictions, thereby ensuring parity among Federal, 
        State, and military convictions, 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 ``Parity for Child Exploitation 
Offenders Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Title 18 of the United States Code is amended--
            (1) in section 2241(c), in the second sentence, by 
        inserting ``or an offense under the Uniform Code of Military 
        Justice'' after ``State offense'';
            (2) in section 2251(e), by striking ``section 920 of title 
        10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or 
        under'' each place it appears and inserting ``the Uniform Code 
        of Military Justice or'';
            (3) in section 2252(b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 920 of 
                title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military 
                Justice), or under'' and inserting ``the Uniform Code 
                of Military Justice or''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section 920 of 
                title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military 
                Justice), or under'' and inserting ``the Uniform Code 
                of Military Justice or'';
            (4) in section 2252A(b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 920 of 
                title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military 
                Justice), or under'' and inserting ``the Uniform Code 
                of Military Justice or''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section 920 of 
                title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military 
                Justice), or under'' and inserting ``the Uniform Code 
                of Military Justice or'';
            (5) in section 2426(b)(1)(B), by inserting ``or the Uniform 
        Code of Military Justice'' after ``State law''; and
            (6) in section 3559(e)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``State sex offense'' and 
                        inserting ``State or Military sex offense''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or the Uniform Code of 
                        Military Justice'' after ``State law''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting `` or 
                Military'' after ``State''.