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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 · Sec. 40112

Sec. 40112. FEDERAL PENALTIES

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## SEC. 40112 FEDERAL PENALTIES **[**[28 U.S.C. 994](/us/usc/t28/s994) nt**]** ###
(a)Amendment of Sentencing Guidelines Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and amend, where necessary, its sentencing guidelines on aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 of title 18, United States Code, or sexual abuse under section 2242 of title 18, United States Code, as follows: ####
(1)The Commission shall review and promulgate amendments to the guidelines, if appropriate, to enhance penalties if more than 1 offender is involved in the offense. ####
(2)The Commission shall review and promulgate amendments to the guidelines, if appropriate, to reduce unwarranted disparities between the sentences for sex offenders who are known to the victim and sentences for sex offenders who are not known to the victim. ####
(3)The Commission shall review and promulgate amendments to the guidelines to enhance penalties, if appropriate, to render Federal penalties on Federal territory commensurate with penalties for similar offenses in the States. ####
(4)The Commission shall review and promulgate amendments to the guidelines, if appropriate, to account for the general problem of recidivism in cases of sex offenses, the severity of the offense, and its devastating effects on survivors. ###
(b)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and submit to Congress a report containing an analysis of Federal rape sentencing, accompanied by comment from independent experts in the field, describing— ####
(1)comparative Federal sentences for cases in which the rape victim is known to the defendant and cases in which the rape victim is not known to the defendant; ####
(2)comparative Federal sentences for cases on Federal territory and sentences in surrounding States; and ####
(3)an analysis of the effect of rape sentences on populations residing primarily on Federal territory relative to the impact of other Federal offenses in which the existence of Federal jurisdiction depends upon the offense's being committed on Federal territory.
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