118th CONGRESS 2d Session |
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.
January 18, 2024
Ms. Tenney (for herself and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Parity for Child Exploitation Offenders Act”.
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”;
(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”;
(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
(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”.