,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1 #bjbf 
,ms4 ,mace introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to authorize capital     
punishment for certain sexual abuse     
offenses against children4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,death ,penalty for ,child ,rapists     
,act4  #b4 ,authorization of death      
penalty for certain sexual abuse        
offenses against children  7a7          
,aggravated sexual abuse ,section       
#bbda7;c7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by striking shall be  
fined under this title and imprisoned   

for not less than #cj years or for life 
and inserting shall be punished by death
 or imprisonment for any term of years  
or for life and by a fine under this    
title4  7b7  ,sexual abuse of a minor   
,section #bbdc7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by striking  
shall be fined under this title1        
imprisoned not more than #ae years1 or  
both and inserting shall be punished by 
death or imprisonment for any term of   
years or for life1 by a fine under this 
title1 or by both4  7c7  ,abusive sexual
 contact  ,section #bbdd of title #ah1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in paragraph 7a77#c71 by striking shall
 be fined under this title1 imprisoned  
not more than two years1 or both and    
inserting shall be punished by death or 
imprisonment for any term of years or   
for life1 by a fine under this title1 or
 by both2  7#b7 in paragraph 7a77#e71 by
 striking shall be fined under this     
title and imprisoned for any term of    
years or for life and inserting shall be

 punished by death or imprisonment for  
any term of years or for life1 by a fine
 under this title1 or by both2 and  7#c7
 in subsection 7c71 by-- 7,a7 striking  
7other than subsection 7a77#e772 and    
7,b7 striking maximum term of           
imprisonment that may be imposed for the
 offense shall be twice that otherwise  
provided in this section and inserting  
maximum punishment that may be imposed  
for the offense shall be death or       
imprisonment for any term of years or   
for life4  7d7  ,sentence of death      
,section #ceia7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in    
paragraph 7#a7 by striking or at the    
end2  7#b7 by redesignating paragraph   
7#b7 as paragraph 7#c72 and  7#c7 by    
inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the      
following3  7#b7 an offense described in
 section #bbda1 section #bbdc1 or       
section #bbdd against a child2 or  4    
#c4 ,authorization of death penalty for 
offense of rape of a child under the    
uniform code of military justice        

,section #ibj;b7a7 of title #aj1 ,united
 ,states ,code 7article #abj;b7a7 of the
 ,uniform ,code of ,military ,justice71 
is amended by inserting by death1 or    
such other punishment after shall be    
punished4  #d4 ,severability ,if any    
provision of this ,act or any amendment 
made by this ,act1 or the application of
 a provision of this ,act or an         
amendment made by this ,act to any      
person or circumstance1 is held to be   
unconstitutional1 the remainder of this 
,act1 and the application of the        
provision or amendment to any person or 
circumstance1 shall not be affected by  
the holding4