,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cacc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #f1  
#bjbe,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1  
and ,mr4 ,sheehy7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to update   
the juvenile transfer for criminal      
prosecution process1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,violent ,juvenile  
,offender ,accountability ,act of #bjbe4
  #b4 ,transfer for criminal prosecution
 of certain juvenile offenders ,section 
#ejcb of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  ,notwithstanding any    
other provision in this section1        
criminal prosecution of a juvenile in   
the appropriate district court of the   
,united ,states may be begun without a  
motion to transfer of the ,attorney     

,general if the juvenile is #af years of
 age or older and is alleged to have    
committed-- 7#a7 any crime of homicide  
under chapter #ea2  7#b7 aggravated     
assault1 as described in section        
#aaa7;b72  7#c7 theft of a motor vehicle
 under section #baai2  7#d7 robbery     
under section #aiea1 to which section   
#ibd7;c7 applies2 or  7#e7 aggravated   
sexual abuse under section #bbda1 to    
which section #ibd7;c7 applies4  4