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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2942

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect potential victims of sex 

crimes by strengthening the sentencing provisions for sex offenders. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 16, 2005

Mr. GRAVES (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, and Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect potential 

victims of sex crimes by strengthening the sentencing 

provisions for sex offenders.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Predator Sen5 tencing Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL ABUSE. 

7 (a) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE.—Section 2241 of 

8 title 18, United States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking all after ‘‘this 

2 title’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned for any term of 

3 years not less than 25 or for life.’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b), by striking all after ‘‘this 

5 title’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned for any term of 

6 years not less than 20 or for life.’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (c), by striking all after ‘‘this 

8 title’’ through ‘‘or both.’’ and inserting ‘‘and impris9 oned for any term of years not less than 25 or for 

10 life.’’. 

11 (b) SEXUAL ABUSE.—Section 2242 of title 18, 

12 United States Code, is amended by striking all after ‘‘this 

13 title’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned not less than 15 

14 years nor more than 40 years.’’. 

15 (c) SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR OR WARD.—Section 

16 2243 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

17 (1) in subsection (a), by striking all after ‘‘this 

18 title’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned not less than 5 

19 years nor more than 20 years.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (b), by striking all after ‘‘this 

21 title’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned not less than 2 

22 years nor more than 10 years.’’. 

23 (d) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—Section 2244 of 

24 title 18, United States Code, is amended—

25 (1) in subsection (a)—
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking all after 

2 ‘‘under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘and impris3 oned not less than 10 years nor more than 30 

4 years;’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking all after 

6 ‘‘under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘and impris7 oned not less than 5 years nor more than 30 

8 years;’’; 

9 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking all after 

10 ‘‘under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘and impris11 oned not less than 4 years nor more than 20 

12 years; or’’; and 

13 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking all after 

14 ‘‘under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘and impris15 oned not less than 1 year nor more than 5 

16 years.’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b), by striking all after 

18 ‘‘under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned not 

19 less than 6 months nor more than 5 years.’’; and 

20 (3) in subsection (c)—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘the maximum term’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘the minimum and maximum terms’’; 

23 and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘twice that’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘twice those’’. 
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1 (e) SEXUAL ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH.—Section 

2 2245 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik3 ing all after ‘‘punished by death’’ and inserting ‘‘or, unless 

4 section 3559(e) applies, imprisoned for any term of years 

5 not less than 30 or for life.’’. 

6 (f) REPEAT OFFENDERS.—Subsection (a) of section 

7 2247 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘(a) MANDATORY LIFE IMPRISONMENT.—The term 

10 of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a 

11 prior sex offense conviction shall be life, unless the death 

12 penalty is imposed.’’. 

13 (g) MULTIPLE TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 109A of title 18, 

15 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

16 end the following: 

17 ‘‘§ 2249. Multiple terms of imprisonment 

18 ‘‘A term of imprisonment imposed under this chapter 

19 shall not run concurrently with any other term of impris20 onment imposed under this chapter.’’. 

21 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec22 tions at the beginning of chapter 109A of title 18, 

23 United Stated Code, is amended by adding at the 

24 end the following:

‘‘2249. Multiple terms of imprisonment.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. PENALTIES FOR COERCION AND ENTICEMENT BY 

2 SEX OFFENDERS. 

3 Section 2422 of title 18, United States Code, is 

4 amended—

5 (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking all 

6 after ‘‘this title’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned not 

7 less than 10 years nor more than 30 years.’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding section 2426(a), if a person vio10 lates this section after the person has previously been con11 victed of an offense under this section, or of a State of12 fense that would have been an offense under this section 

13 had the offense occurred within the special maritime and 

14 territorial jurisdiction of the United States, the minimum 

15 and maximum terms of imprisonment for the violation 

16 shall be twice those otherwise provided by this section, un17 less section 3559(e) applies. 

18 ‘‘(d) A term of imprisonment imposed under this sec19 tion shall not run concurrently with any other term of im20 prisonment imposed under this section.’’.

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