PROTECT Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 10, 2003)
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment of a person convicted of a Federal sex offense against a minor if the person has a prior sex conviction in which a minor was the victim, with exceptions.
Directs the Attorney General to establish a pilot program for volunteer organizations to obtain criminal history background checks on their volunteers.
Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in the investigation of kidnaping, sex trafficking, and sex offenses against children.
Eliminates statutes of limitations for child abduction or the sexual or physical abuse of a child.
Bars pretrial release of persons charged with specified offenses against or involving children.
Directs the Attorney General to assign a national AMBER Alert Coordinator to facilitate the recovery of missing children.
Code Adam Act of 2003 - Requires the designated authority for a public building to establish procedures for locating a child who is missing in the building.
Requires a court, in sentencing a defendant convicted of an offense involving a minor victim, to impose a sentence within the Federal sentencing guidelines range, with exceptions.
Prohibits making a visual depiction that is a computer-generated image of a minor engaging in specified sexually explicit conduct.
What just happenedApr 10, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
- Apr 10, 2003IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Apr 10, 2003IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate