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Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2002

Introduced: July 26, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Aug 20, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 26, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 26, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2002 - Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a database solely for collecting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) information with respect to violent predators against children. Authorizes Federal, State, and local agencies and other entities to submit DNA information for the database and to compare DNA information within the database.

Directs the Attorney General to make grants to States to improve programs to decrease recidivism of such predators.

Requires the maximum sentence to be imposed for a crime of violence, including a sex crime, against an individual under age 18 that would, in and of itself, establish the offender as such a predator, without regard to any mitigating circumstance that would otherwise apply.

What's happening now August 20, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 26, 2002
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 26, 2002
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 26, 2002
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 26, 2002
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 26, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5262: Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5262/
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"H.R. 5262: Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5262/.
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H.R. 5262, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5262/.
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