A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish Federal criminal penalties for interstate child endangerment.
Latest action · Jul 14, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJul 14, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a person from: (1) traveling in interstate or foreign commerce to purposely, knowingly, or negligently cause substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to a child (defined as an individual under age 14) by placing the child in the physical custody of another individual who the person knows has previously injured a child or by operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of law while the child is in the vehicle; or (2) forcing a child to travel in interstate or foreign commerce to commit such an offense.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Jul 14, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2014Introduced in Senate
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