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HR 4047 106th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Child sexual abuse Families Life imprisonment Mandatory sentences Recidivists Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sex offenders

Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act

Introduced: March 21, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 26, 2000
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 25, 2000
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 25, 2000
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6940)
Jul 25, 2000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6940)
Jul 25, 2000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4047.
Jul 25, 2000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6940-6942)
Jul 25, 2000
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
May 11, 2000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 4, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 21, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 21, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for mandatory life imprisonment (unless a death sentence is imposed) of a person convicted of a Federal sex offense in which a minor is the victim if the person has a prior sex conviction in which a minor was the victim.
What's happening now July 26, 2000

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 21, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4047: Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4047/
MLA
"H.R. 4047: Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4047/.
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H.R. 4047, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4047/.
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