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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 See on congress.gov
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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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 November 20, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 9, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1069: 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.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1069/
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"H.R. 1069: 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.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1069/.
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H.R. 1069, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1069/.
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