Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Justice for American Women and Children Act of 2024”.
Justice for American Women and Children Act of 2024
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for enhanced punishments for offenders who commit sexual abuse while unlawfully present in the United States.
Sec. 2 Increased sentence for rape by a person unlawfully present in the United States
in subsection (a), in the matter following paragraph (2), by inserting “, except as otherwise provided in this section,” before “be fined under this title”;
in subsection (b), in the matter following paragraph (2)(B), by inserting “, except as otherwise provided in this section,” before “be fined under this title”;
in subsection (c), by inserting “, except as otherwise provided in this section,” before “be fined under this title”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Unlawfully present offenders—Whoever commits an offense under this section while present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) may be sentenced to death.”
Aggravated sexual abuse— Section 2242 of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the matter following paragraph (3)—
by inserting “, except as otherwise provided in this section,” before “be fined under this title”; and
by adding at the end the following: “Whoever commits an offense under this section while unlawfully present in the United States/NOTE: present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) may be sentenced to death.”.