HR 1069
102th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Child abuse
Child molesting
Families
Kidnapping
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
To amend section 1201 of title 18, United States Code, to assure a sufficiently severe penalty for kidnappings of children that are not returned unharmed.
Introduced: February 21, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Feb 21, 1991
Introduced in House
Feb 21, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to direct the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend existing sentencing guidelines to require that, if the child victim of a kidnapping has not been released or recovered within 30 days after the abduction, the minimum sentence would be increased by 19 levels (i.e., to life imprisonment).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1