[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3133 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3133

To amend title 18, United States Code, to update the juvenile transfer 
       for criminal prosecution process, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 2025

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hagerty, and 
  Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to update the juvenile transfer 
       for criminal prosecution process, 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 ``Violent Juvenile Offender 
Accountability Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF CERTAIN JUVENILE 
              OFFENDERS.

    Section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, criminal 
prosecution of a juvenile in the appropriate district court of the 
United States may be begun without a motion to transfer of the Attorney 
General if the juvenile is 16 years of age or older and is alleged to 
have committed--
            ``(1) any crime of homicide under chapter 51;
            ``(2) aggravated assault, as described in section 111(b);
            ``(3) theft of a motor vehicle under section 2119;
            ``(4) robbery under section 1951, to which section 924(c) 
        applies; or
            ``(5) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241, to which 
        section 924(c) applies.''.
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