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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5256
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 13, 2018Mr. Crawford (for himself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about sexual offenses,
including rape, that occur aboard any mode of transportation over which
the Federal Government exercises jurisdiction.
1.
Statistics relating to sexual offenses that occur aboard any mode of transportation over which the
Federal Government exercises jurisdiction
Under the authority of section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Attorney General shall acquire data, for each calendar year, about sexual offenses, including rape, that occur aboard any mode of transportation over which the Federal Government exercises jurisdiction (including aircraft, any vessel of the United States or which travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, any vehicle used or designed for flight or navigation in space, and any vehicle which travels via any facility of interstate or foreign commerce), disaggregated by—
(1) the mode of transportation aboard which the offense was committed; and
(2) the location of the commission of the offense.