[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 61 (Monday, May 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2974

                       Offered By: Ms. Slaughter

       Amendment No. 1: Add at the end the following new section:

     SEC. 3. FEDERAL JURISDICTION OVER RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT 
                   CASES.

       Section 2241 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Punishment for Sexual Predators.--(1) Whoever, in a 
     circumstance described in paragraph (2) of this subsection--
       ``(A) violates this section; or
       ``(B) engages in conduct that would violate this section, 
     if the conduct had occurred in the special maritime and 
     territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and--
       ``(i) that conduct is in interstate or foreign commerce;
       ``(ii) the person engaging in that conduct crossed a State 
     line with intent to engage in the conduct; or
       ``(iii) the person engaging in that conduct thereafter 
     engages in conduct that is a violation of section 1073(1) 
     with respect to an offense that consists of the conduct so 
     engaged in;

     shall be imprisoned for life.
       ``(2) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection is that the defendant has previously been 
     convicted of another State or Federal offense for conduct 
     which--
       ``(A) is an offense under this section or section 2242 of 
     this title; or
       ``(B) would have been an offense under either of such 
     sections if the offense had occurred in the special maritime 
     or territorial jurisdiction of the United States.''.