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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 771 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals who 

commit acts of sexual violence against minor children should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2006 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. KING of Iowa, and Mr. 

PITTS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

individuals who commit acts of sexual violence against 

minor children should be prosecuted to the fullest extent 

of the law. 

Whereas Congress has repeatedly passed laws to protect the 

safety of children in the United States and abroad; 

Whereas the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 

Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108– 

25) prohibits funds under such Act from being used ‘‘to 

promote or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution or sex trafficking’’; 

Whereas Congress finds that it is socially unacceptable for an 

adult to have a sexual relationship with an unmarried 


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minor, and that such relationships can cause great psychological, emotional, and physical harm; 

Whereas according to a study by the Department of Education in 2004, nearly 10 percent of public school students in the United States have received unwanted sexual 

attention by school employees; 

Whereas some judges are not imposing the fullest penalties 

available against adults that commit acts of sexual violence against minor children; 

Whereas all recipients of funds under Title X of the Public 

Health Services Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.), 

should comply with State laws and regulations regarding 

the reporting of statutory rape; and 

Whereas according to a report by the United States Sentencing Commission in March of 2006, in the wake of the 

Supreme Court decision in United States v. Booker 

(2005), the percentage of criminal sexual abuse and sexual exploitation offenders who have received a sentence 

that is less than the sentence range recommended by the 

Sentencing Comission has increased: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 

3 (1) an unmarried minor should be unable to le4 gally consent to a sexual relationship with an adult, 

5 and all such relationships should be prosecuted as 

6 statutory rape; 


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1 (2) acts of sexual violence against children must 

2 be fully prosecuted under applicable Federal and 

3 State laws; 

4 (3) individuals who travel within the United 

5 States or abroad to engage in sex trafficking or sex6 ual relationships with minors should be fully pros7 ecuted under applicable Federal, State, and inter8 national laws; 

9 (4) all Federal agencies should comply with 

10 funding prohibitions regarding the practice of pros11 titution and sex trafficking; 

12 (5) acts of sexual violence against male and fe13 male minors should not receive disparate treatment 

14 with respect to plea bargains made and sentences 

15 imposed; 

16 (6) each State should make every effort to pass 

17 a law similar to the Jessica Lunsford Act, passed by 

18 the State of Florida in 2005, to demonstrate a 

19 strong commitment to fully protecting our Nation’s 

20 children; and 

21 (7) mandatory minimum sentences should be 

22 established for Federal and State criminal sexual 

23 abuse and sexual exploitation offenses. 

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