Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Violent Juvenile Offender Accountability Act of 2025”.
Violent Juvenile Offender Accountability Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to update the juvenile transfer for criminal prosecution process, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Transfer for criminal prosecution of certain juvenile offenders
Section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, 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 16 years of age or older and is alleged to have committed—
“(1) any crime of homicide under chapter 51;
“(2) aggravated assault, as described in section 111(b);
“(3) theft of a motor vehicle under section 2119;
“(4) robbery under section 1951, to which section 924(c) applies; or
“(5) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241, to which section 924(c) applies.”