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H.Res. 771

ResolutionFederalHouseIn Committee
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals who commit acts of sexual violence against minor children should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Committee
Latest Action · April 6, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Congress
109th (2005–2007)
Introduced
April 6, 2006
Cosponsors (3)
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) all sexual relationships between an unmarried minor and an adult should be prosecuted as statutory rape; (2) acts of sexual violence against children, and travel within the United States or abroad to engage in sex trafficking or sexual relationships with minors, should be fully prosecuted; (3) all federal agencies should comply with funding prohibitions regarding prostitution and sex trafficking; (4) acts of sexual violence against male and female minors should not receive disparate treatment; (5) each state should pass a law similar to the Jessica Lunsford Act passed by the state of Florida in 2005; and (6) mandatory minimum sentences should be established for criminal sexual abuse and exploitation offenses.

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