Home > Legislation > 115th Congress > H.R.1842

H.R.1842 - Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017115th Congress (2017-2018) |

Bill

Hide Overview
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] (Introduced 03/30/2017)
Committees: House - Judiciary | Senate - Judiciary
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 115-140
Latest Action: Senate - 05/23/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.  (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes: There has been 1 roll call vote

Tracker:

This bill has the status Passed House

Here are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Became Law

More on This Bill

  • Constitutional Authority Statement
  • CBO Cost Estimates [1]

Subject — Policy Area:

Summary: H.R.1842 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)All Information (Except Text)

Bill summaries are authored by CRS.

Shown Here:
Passed House without amendment (05/22/2017)

Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to add violent state crimes to the list of violent offenses that trigger an additional five-year consecutive mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who fails to comply with sex offender registration requirements and commits such offense.

(Sec. 3) Additionally, it expands the prior military sex offense convictions that trigger an enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who subsequently commits aggravated child sex abuse or certain child pornography offenses.