Title: Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017
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.
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.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1842 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2017

Mr. Ratcliffe introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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 information as required by Federal law, to 
 include prior military offenses for purposes of recidivist sentencing 
                  provisions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Children's Safety Act 
of 2017''.

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 following: ``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 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'' 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 Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``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'' and inserting ``the Uniform 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 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'' and inserting ``the Uniform 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 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'' the following: 
``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'' and inserting 
                ``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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