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Aimee's Law

Introduced: March 2, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 13, 2000
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 683.
Jul 12, 2000
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jul 11, 2000
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 11, 2000
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5748-5749)
Jul 11, 2000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5748-5749)
Jul 11, 2000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 894.
Jul 11, 2000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5748-5757)
Jul 11, 2000
Mr. Gekas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 11, 2000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 2, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 2, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Aimee's Law - Requires the Attorney General to transfer, from the Federal law enforcement assistance funds allocated but not distributed to one or more States that convicted a person of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense, to a State that convicts that person of a subsequent such offense, an amount equal to the cost of incarceration, prosecution, and apprehension of such person where: (1) the State of such prior conviction has not adopted Federal truth-in-sentencing guidelines; (2) the average term of imprisonment imposed by the State for the prior offense is less than ten percent above the average term of imprisonment imposed for that offense in all States; or (3) the person had served less than 85 percent of the term of imprisonment to which that person was sentenced for the prior offense.

Makes the above inapplicable if the convicted person has been released from prison upon the reversal of the conviction and has been convicted subsequently of such offense.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Attorney General to collect and maintain, with respect to each State, information relating to: (1) the number of convictions during a calendar year for rape, for murder, and for any sex offense in which, at the time of the offense, the victim had not attained age 14 and the offender had attained age 18; and (2) the number of such convictions that constitute second or subsequent convictions. Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on such information and on the percentage of cases in each State in which the individual convicted was previously convicted of another such offense in another State during the preceding calendar year.

What's happening now July 13, 2000

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 683.

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