Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017

To amend title 18, United States Code, to include State crimes of violence as grounds for an enhanced penalty when sex offenders fail to register or report certain information as required by Federal law, to include prior military offenses for purposes of recidivist sentencing provisions, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Children’s Safety Act of 2017 2. Failure of sex offenders to register Section 2250(d) of title 18, United State Code, is amended— (1) by inserting after Federal law (including the Uniform Code of Military Justice), State law, (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) Definition In this section, the term crime of violence . 3. Prior military offenses included for purposes of recidivist sentencing provisions (a) Aggravated sexual abuse Section 2241(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after State offense or an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (b) Sexual exploitation of children Section 2251(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or (c) Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors Section 2252 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or (d) Certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography Section 2252A of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or (e) Repeat offenders Section 2426(b)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after State law or the Uniform Code of Military Justice (f) Sentencing classification Section 3559 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(2)(B)— (A) by striking State sex offense State or Military sex offense (B) by inserting after under State law or the Uniform Code of Military Justice (2) in subsection (e)(2)(C), by inserting after State or Military May 22, 2017 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to add violent state crimes to the list of violent offenses that trigger an additional five-year consecutive mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who fails to comply with sex offender registration requirements and commits such offense. (Sec. 3) Additionally, it expands the prior military sex offense convictions that trigger an enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who subsequently commits aggravated child sex abuse or certain child pornography offenses.