A bill to implement the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Summary

Defines as being guilty of genocide anyone under or within the jurisdiction of the United States who willfully commits, without justifiable cause in time of war or peace, any of the following acts with intent to destroy the whole or a substantial part of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group: (1) kills members of the group; (2) causes members serious bodily injury; (3) causes members permanent impairment of mental faculties; (4) subjects the group to cruel, unusual, or inhumane conditions of life; (5) imposes birth prevention measures within the group; or (6) transfers by force the children of the group to another group. Subjects those guilty of genocide or an attempt to commit genocide to a fine of not more than $20,000, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both; and if death results, to imprisonment for any term of years. Subjects anyone who directly and publicly incites another to commit genocide to a fine of not more than $10,000, imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. Establishes penalties for conspiring to violate this Act. Declares it the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, in negotiating extradition treaties or conventions, shall reserve for the United States the right to refuse extradition of a United States national to a foreign country for any offense defined under this Act when the offense has been committed outside the United States and where the violator is or will be prosecuted for such offense by the United States. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1091, 1092)

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Timeline

1. 17 March 1976

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 March 1976

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 17 March 1976

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Sponsors

• Sen. Scott, Hugh [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] · R · Cosponsor
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