I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7081 
To authorize the court to depart from a statutory minimum in the case 
of a juvenile offender, youthful victim offender, and certain other minors, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2026 
Mr. WESTERMAN (for himself, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, 
Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. VALADAO, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. ROSS, and 
Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the court to depart from a statutory minimum 
in the case of a juvenile offender, youthful victim of-
fender, and certain other minors, 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 ‘‘Sara’s Law and the 
Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act of 2026’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENTENCING YOUTHFUL VICTIM OFFENDERS WHO 
HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED, ABUSED, OR AS-
SAULTED. 
(a) SENTENCING YOUTHFUL VICTIM OFFENDERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3553 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h) SENTENCING
YOUTHFUL
VICTIM
OFFEND-
ERS.— 
‘‘(1) STATUTORY MINIMUMS.—In the case of a 
youthful victim offender, the court shall have the au-
thority to impose a sentence that is below a level es-
tablished by statute as a minimum sentence so as to 
consider the effect of trauma on the offender’s con-
duct. 
‘‘(2) SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE.—In the case 
of a youthful victim offender, the court shall have 
the authority to suspend any portion of an imposed 
sentence. 
‘‘(3) 
YOUTHFUL
VICTIM
OFFENDER
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘youthful vic-
tim offender’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has not attained the age of 18; and 
‘‘(B) has been convicted of a violent of-
fense against a person who the court finds, by 
clear and convincing evidence, engaged in con-
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duct against such individual, not earlier than 1 
year before such violent offense, that is an of-
fense under section 1591 or an offense under 
chapter 71, 109A, 110, or 117.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply only to a conviction entered 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) DIRECTIVE TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.—Pur-
suant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28, 
United States Code, and in accordance with this section, 
the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and 
amend, if appropriate, its guidelines and its policy state-
ments with respect to youthful victim offenders (as such 
term is defined in section 3553 of title 18, United States 
Code) to ensure that the guidelines and policy statements 
are consistent with the amendments made by subsection 
(a). 
Æ 
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