This bill would change federal criminal penalties for many offenses involving children. It amends several sections of title 18 of the U.S. Code so that certain crimes — including sex trafficking, transporting minors across state or international lines, promoting or facilitating child sexual exploitation, selling children, and many forms of sexual abuse of minors — are described as punishable "by death or imprisoned for life." The bill’s short title is the "No Repeat Child Sex Offenders Act," and its stated purpose in the text is to increase penalties for crimes against children.
If this bill became law, people convicted in federal court of the listed child sex offenses could face either the death penalty or life imprisonment under the amended statutes. The bill changes the statutory maximum and sometimes the mandatory penalty language for those federal crimes.
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The bill’s text and short title show it is written to increase penalties for crimes against children, replacing many existing terms of years with the phrases "punished by death or imprisoned for life." No additional sponsor statements or expressed arguments are included in the provided text.
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