Child Abduction Prevention Act

Summary

Child Abduction Prevention Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) make the authorized term of supervised release after imprisonment any term of years or life, and to require a term of supervised release of at least five years, for kidnaping and for other sexual crimes against or involving minors; (2) include aggravated child abuse and child torture murders within the scope of the definition of first degree murder; and (3) increase penalties for sexual exploitation and other abuse of children, for transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes, and for kidnaping children. Prohibits: (1) and increases the maximum sentence for traveling in or into the United States to engage in an illicit sexual act with another person (currently, with a juvenile); (2) traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in such sexual conduct; or (3) arranging or facilitating such travel. Establishes as a defense that the defendant reasonably believed the victim had attained age 18. Provides for mandatory life imprisonment of a person convicted of a Federal sex offense against a minor if the person has a prior sex conviction in which a minor was the victim, unless a death sentence is imposed. Establishes criminal liability for attempting to remove a child from the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights. Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in the investigation of kidnaping, sex trafficking, specified sex offenses against children, or transportation for illegal sexual activity. Eliminates statutes of limitations for child abduction and for felony offenses of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and other abuse of children, transportation for illegal sexual activity, or sex trafficking of children or by force. Bars pretrial release for persons charged with such offenses. Requires Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to report each case of a missing child under age 21 (currently, 18) reported to them to the National Crime Information Center. Directs the Attorney General to assign a national AMBER Alert Coordinator who shall establish minimum standards for the issuance of alerts and the extent of alert dissemination. Provides for grants to States for the development or enhancement of: (1) notification or communications systems along highways for alerts for the recovery of abducted children; and (2) programs and activities for the support of AMBER Alert communications plans. Increases authorized appropriations for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Authorizes the use of COPS (Cops on the Beat, community policing) grants to assist a State in enforcing a convicted sex offender registration law.

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Timeline

1. 5 March 2003

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 5 March 2003

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 5 March 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 March 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 6 March 2003

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.

   Source: Committee

6. 7 March 2003

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

   Source: Committee

7. 11 March 2003

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 11 March 2003

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

   Source: Committee

9. 11 March 2003

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

10. 18 March 2003

    Vote

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 2.

    Source: Committee

11. 18 March 2003

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

12. 24 March 2003

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 29.

    Source: Calendars

13. 24 March 2003

    Discharge

    Committee on Transportation discharged.

    Source: Discharge

14. 24 March 2003

    Committee

    Committee on Transportation discharged.

    Source: Committee

15. 24 March 2003

    Introduced

    House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 24, 2003.

    Source: IntroReferral

16. 24 March 2003

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-47, Part I.

    Source: Committee

17. 24 March 2003

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-47, Part I.

    Source: Committee

18. 25 March 2003

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 160 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1104 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. After pasage of H.R. 1104, it shall be in order to consider in the House S. 151. All points of order against the Senate bill and against its consideration are waived. It shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1104 as passed by the House. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is passed, then

    Source: Floor

19. 26 March 2003

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 160 passed House.

    Source: Floor

20. 27 March 2003

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 160. (consideration: CR H2405-2443)

    Source: Floor

21. 27 March 2003

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 160 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

22. 27 March 2003

    Floor

    Laid on the table. See S. 151 for further action.

    Source: Floor

23. 27 March 2003

    Floor

    The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1104.

    Source: Floor

24. 27 March 2003

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

25. 27 March 2003

    Vote

    On passage Passed by recorded vote: 410 - 14 (Roll no. 89).

    Source: Floor

26. 27 March 2003

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 410 - 14 (Roll no. 89).

    Source: Floor

27. 27 March 2003

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

28. 27 March 2003

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (consideration: CR H2437-2438; text: CR H2416-2418)

    Source: Floor

29. 27 March 2003

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1104.

    Source: Floor

30. 27 March 2003

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Fred Upton to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

31. 27 March 2003

    Passed

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1104 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. After pasage of H.R. 1104, it shall be in order to consider in the House S. 151. All points of order against the Senate bill and against its consideration are waived. It shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1104 as passed by the House. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is passed, then

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Related records

• related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1104) to prevent child abduction, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Code Adam Act
• related to ← PROTECT Act
• amends ← An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 108-48 to require the AMBER Alert coordinator to submit a report by March 1, 2005, to Congress on the effectiveness and status of the AMBER Alert plans that each state has implemented; to establish a $5 million grant program to assist states in implementing new technologies designed to improve the dissemination of AMBER Alerts.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 108-48 to re-authorize grant programs within the Victims of Child Abuse Act that provide funding to child advocacy centers and training and technical assistance to programs to improve the prosecution of child abuse cases; to add tools for the Department of Justice to evaluate these grant programs to ensure effective use of the funds provided.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 108-48 to require certain procedures to be established and followed when a child is reported lost or missing in a public building, commonly known as a `Code Adam' alert.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 108-48 to place strict limits on departures from federal sentencing guidelines by allowing sentences outside the guideline range only upon grounds specifically enumerated as proper for departure; to require courts to give specific and written reasons for any departure from federal sentencing guidelines; to change the standard of review for appellate courts to a de novo review to allow appellate courts to more effectively review illegal and inappropriate downward departures from federal sentencing guidelines; to prevent sentencing courts, upon remand, from imposing the same illegal departure on a different theory; to only allow courts to reduce a person's sentence for `acceptance of responsibility' when the government agrees with that finding; to amend sentencing guidelines with regard to the penalties for possession of child pornography by increasing penalties if the offense involved material that portrays sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence and by increasing penalties based on the amount of child pornography involved in the offense.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 108-48 to provide explicit statutory jurisdiction to the U.S. Secret Service to continue to provide forensic and investigative support upon request from local law enforcement or from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
• amends ← An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 108-48 to make it a criminal act to knowingly use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a person into viewing obscenity on the Internet. The amendment also makes it a criminal act to knowingly use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material on the Internet that is harmful to minors. A domain name that includes a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site is not considered misleading.

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