I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1104
To prevent child abduction, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2003
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. HYDE, and Mr. COBLE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prevent child abduction, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Abduction Pre-
vention Act’’.
TITLE I—SANCTIONS AND 
OFFENSES 
SEC. 101. SUPERVISED RELEASE TERM FOR SEX OFFEND-
ERS. 
Section 3583 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ‘‘on any 
such revocation’’ after ‘‘required to serve’’; 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘that is less 
than the maximum term of imprisonment authorized 
under subsection (e)(3)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the authorized 
term of supervised release for any offense under section 
1201 involving a minor victim, and for any offense under 
chapter 109A, 110, or 117, or section 1591, is any term 
of years or life, and the sentence for any such offense that 
is a felony shall include a term of supervised release of 
at least 5 years.’’. 
SEC. 102. FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR CHILD ABUSE AND 
CHILD TORTURE MURDERS. 
Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘child abuse,’’ after ‘‘sex-
ual abuse,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or perpetrated as part of 
a pattern or practice of assault or torture 
against a child or children;’’ after ‘‘robbery;’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘assault’ has the same meaning 
as given that term in section 113; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘child’ means a person who has 
not attained the age of 18 years and is—
‘‘(A) under the perpetrator’s care or con-
trol; or 
‘‘(B) at least six years younger than the 
perpetrator; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘child abuse’ means intentionally, 
knowingly, or recklessly causing death or serious 
bodily injury to a child; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘pattern or practice of assault or 
torture’ means assault or torture engaged in on at 
least two occasions; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘recklessly’ with respect to caus-
ing death or serious bodily injury—
‘‘(A) means causing death or serious bodily 
injury under circumstances in which the perpe-
trator is aware of and disregards a grave risk 
of death or serious bodily injury; and 
‘‘(B) such recklessness can be inferred 
from the character, manner, and circumstances 
of the perpetrator’s conduct; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ has the 
meaning set forth in section 1365; and 
‘‘(7) the term ‘torture’ means conduct, whether 
or not committed under the color of law, that other-
wise satisfies the definition set forth in section 
2340(1).’’. 
SEC. 103. SEXUAL ABUSE PENALTIES. 
(a) MAXIMUM PENALTY INCREASES.—(1) Chapter 
110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in section 2251(d)—
(i) by striking ‘‘20’’ and inserting ‘‘30’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘30’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘50’’; 
(B) in section 2252(b)(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘15’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘40’’;