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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2726 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the scope of the penalty |
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| 6 | 6 | | for crimes against children. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | AWLER(for himself, Mr. STAUBER, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. DAVISof |
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| 11 | 11 | | North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the |
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| 15 | 15 | | scope of the penalty for crimes against children. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Paula Bohovesky and 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Joan D’Alessandro Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEATH OR IMPRISONMENT FOR CRIMES AGAINST 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | CHILDREN. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 3559(d)(1)(A) of title 18, United States 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘14 years’’ the fol-9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2726 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | lowing: ‘‘or if the victim has not attained the age of 18 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | years if the conviction involved a sexual offense’’. 2 |
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