,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aiej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bh1 #bjai    
,mr4 ,westerman introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to authorize the court to impose a     
reduced sentence for a youthful victim  
offender1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
,sara's ,law4  #b4 ,sentencing youthful 
victim offenders  7a7 ,in general       
,section #ceec of chapter #bbg of title 
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3  7h7
 ,sentencing youthful victim offenders  
7#a7 ,statutory minimums ,in the case of
 a youthful victim offender1 the court  
shall have the authority to impose a    
sentence that is below a level          
established by statute as a minimum     
sentence so as to consider the effect of
 trauma on the offender's conduct4  7#b7
 ,suspension of sentence ,in the case of
 a youthful offender1 the court shall   

have the authority to suspend any       
portion of an imposed sentence4  7#c7   
,youthful victim offender defined ,in   
this subsection1 the term youthful      
victim offender means an individual     
who-- 7,a7 has not attained the age of  
#ah2 and  7,b7 has been convicted of a  
violent offense against a person who the
 court finds1 by clear and convincing   
evidence1 engaged in conduct against    
such individual1 not earlier than #a    
year before such violent offense1 that  
is an offense under section #aeia or an 
offense under chapter #ga1 #aji;,a1     
#aaj1 or #aag4  4  7b7 ,application ,the
 amendments made by this section shall  
apply only to a conviction entered on or
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act4  #c4 ,directive to the           
,sentencing ,commission ,pursuant to its
 authority under section #iid7p7 of     
title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 and in
 accordance with this section1 the      
,united ,states ,sentencing ,commission 
shall review and amend1 if appropriate1 

its guidelines and its policy statements
 with respect to youthful victim        
offenders to ensure that the guidelines 
and policy statements are consistent    
with the amendments made by section #b4