I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1842 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2017 
Mr. RATCLIFFE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
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 infor-
mation as required by Federal law, to include prior mili-
tary offenses for purposes of recidivist sentencing provi-
sions, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Chil-
dren’s Safety Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 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),’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘State law,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 
‘crime of violence’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 16.’’. 
SEC. 3. PRIOR MILITARY OFFENSES INCLUDED FOR PUR-
POSES OF RECIDIVIST SENTENCING PROVI-
SIONS. 
(a) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE.—Section 2241(c) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘State offense’’ the following: ‘‘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 Uni-
form Code of Military Justice), or under’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice or’’. 
(c) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO MATERIAL 
INVOLVING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS.— 
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Section 2252 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), or under’’ and inserting ‘‘the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice or’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘section 
920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), or under’’ and inserting ‘‘the Uni-
form 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 amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), or under’’ and inserting ‘‘the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice or’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘section 
920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), or under’’ and inserting ‘‘the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice or’’. 
(e) REPEAT OFFENDERS.—Section 2426(b)(1)(B) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
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‘‘State law’’ the following: ‘‘or the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary 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’’ and in-
serting ‘‘State or Military sex offense’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘under State law’’ 
the following: ‘‘or the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(C), by inserting after 
‘‘State’’ the following: ‘‘or Military’’. 
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