[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9016 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9016

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for enhanced 
  punishments for offenders who commit sexual abuse while unlawfully 
                     present in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2024

  Mr. Ogles 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 provide for enhanced 
  punishments for offenders who commit sexual abuse while unlawfully 
                     present in the United States.

    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 ``Justice for American Women and 
Children Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED SENTENCE FOR RAPE BY A PERSON UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN 
              THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Aggravated Sexual Abuse.--Section 2241 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter following paragraph 
        (2), by inserting ``, except as otherwise provided in this 
        section,'' before ``be fined under this title'';
            (2) in subsection (b), in the matter following paragraph 
        (2)(B), by inserting ``, except as otherwise provided in this 
        section,'' before ``be fined under this title'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``, except as otherwise 
        provided in this section,'' before ``be fined under this 
        title''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Unlawfully Present Offenders.--Whoever commits an offense 
under this section while present in the United States without lawful 
status under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) may be sentenced to 
death.''.
    (b) Aggravated Sexual Abuse.--Section 2242 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended, in the matter following paragraph (3)--
            (1) by inserting ``, except as otherwise provided in this 
        section,'' before ``be fined under this title''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Whoever commits 
        an offense under this section while unlawfully present in the 
        United States/NOTE: present in the United States without lawful 
        status under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in 
        section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) may be 
        sentenced to death.''.
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