HR 5262 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2002

Introduced Jul 26, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX

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Latest action · Aug 20, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 26, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2002 - Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a database solely for collecting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) information with respect to violent predators against children. Authorizes Federal, State, and local agencies and other entities to submit DNA information for the database and to compare DNA information within the database.

Directs the Attorney General to make grants to States to improve programs to decrease recidivism of such predators.

Requires the maximum sentence to be imposed for a crime of violence, including a sex crime, against an individual under age 18 that would, in and of itself, establish the offender as such a predator, without regard to any mitigating circumstance that would otherwise apply.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 26, 2002.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalJul 26, 2002
R-MDConstance A. MorellaOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalJul 26, 2002
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-AZEd PastorOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NCEva M. ClaytonOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXGene GreenOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalJul 26, 2002
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalJul 26, 2002
R-OKJ. C. Watts Jr.OriginalJul 26, 2002
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalJul 26, 2002
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXNick LampsonOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NJRush HoltOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalJul 26, 2002
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalJul 26, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 26, 2002
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Aug 20, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 20, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jul 26, 2002Introduced in House
  3. Jul 26, 2002Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5320Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXJul 24, 2002
HouseDebate and remarks H5072Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXJul 22, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To create a separate DNA database for violent predators against children, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 26, 2002Introduced in House

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