[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7051 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7051
To amend title 18, United States Code, to revise recidivist penalty
provisions for child sexual exploitation offenses to uniformly account
for prior military convictions, thereby ensuring parity among Federal,
State, and military convictions, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 18, 2024
Ms. Tenney (for herself and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to revise recidivist penalty
provisions for child sexual exploitation offenses to uniformly account
for prior military convictions, thereby ensuring parity among Federal,
State, and military convictions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Parity for Child Exploitation
Offenders Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Title 18 of the United States Code is amended--
(1) in section 2241(c), in the second sentence, by
inserting ``or an offense under the Uniform Code of Military
Justice'' after ``State offense'';
(2) in section 2251(e), by striking ``section 920 of title
10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or
under'' each place it appears and inserting ``the Uniform Code
of Military Justice or'';
(3) in section 2252(b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 920 of
title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice), or under'' and inserting ``the Uniform Code
of Military Justice or''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section 920 of
title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice), or under'' and inserting ``the Uniform Code
of Military Justice or'';
(4) in section 2252A(b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 920 of
title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice), or under'' and inserting ``the Uniform Code
of Military Justice or''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section 920 of
title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice), or under'' and inserting ``the Uniform Code
of Military Justice or'';
(5) in section 2426(b)(1)(B), by inserting ``or the Uniform
Code of Military Justice'' after ``State law''; and
(6) in section 3559(e)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking ``State sex offense'' and
inserting ``State or Military sex offense'';
and
(ii) by inserting ``or the Uniform Code of
Military Justice'' after ``State law''; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting `` or
Military'' after ``State''.
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