United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1069 (102nd)
To amend section 1201 of title 18, United States Code, to assure a sufficiently severe penalty for kidnappings of children that are not returned unharmed.
Introduced
21 February 1991
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
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2 June 2021
Summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to direct the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend existing sentencing guidelines to require that, if the child victim of a kidnapping has not been released or recovered within 30 days after the abduction, the minimum sentence would be increased by 19 levels (i.e., to life imprisonment).
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 21 February 1991
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/1069
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/102/hr/1069