Parity for Child Exploitation Offenders Act

Bill: 118-hr-7051
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2024-01-18
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7051 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 18, 2024 Ms. Tenney (for herself and Ms. Ross ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to revise recidivist penalty provisions for child sexual exploitation offenses to uniformly account for prior military convictions, thereby ensuring parity among Federal, State, and military convictions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parity for Child Exploitation Offenders Act . 2. Amendments Title 18 of the United States Code is amended— (1) in section 2241(c), in the second sentence, by inserting “or an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice” after State offense ; (2) in section 2251(e), 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”; (3) in section 2252(b)— (A) in paragraph (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 (B) in paragraph (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”; (4) in section 2252A(b)— (A) in paragraph (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 (B) in paragraph (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”; (5) in section 2426(b)(1)(B), by inserting or the Uniform Code of Military Justice after State law ; and (6) in section 3559(e)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking State sex offense and inserting State or Military sex offense ; and (ii) by inserting or the Uniform Code of Military Justice after State law ; and (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting or Military after State .