Sec. 140001. PROSECUTION AS ADULTS OF CERTAIN JUVENILES FOR CRIMES OF VIOLENCE

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## SEC. 140001 PROSECUTION AS ADULTS OF CERTAIN JUVENILES FOR CRIMES OF VIOLENCE The 4th undesignated paragraph of section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “; however” and inserting “. In the application of the preceding sentence, if the crime of violence is an offense under section 113(a), 113(b), 113(c), 1111, 1113, or, if the juvenile possessed a firearm during the offense, section 2111, 2113, 2241(a), or 2241(c), ‘thirteen’ shall be substituted for ‘fifteen’ and ‘thirteenth’ shall be substituted for ‘fifteenth’.

Notwithstanding sections 1152 and 1153, no person subject to the criminal jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government shall be subject to the preceding sentence for any offense the Federal jurisdiction for which is predicated solely on Indian country (as defined in section 1151), and which has occurred within the boundaries of such Indian country, unless the governing body of the tribe has elected that the preceding sentence have effect over land and persons subject to its criminal jurisdiction.

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