Bill Details
HR.1353 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-13 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-02-13
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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This bill would make it clear that federal homicide cases can be prosecuted no matter how much time passes between the harmful act and the victim’s death. In other words, if someone’s actions later cause a death, the government would not be blocked from bringing murder or other homicide charges just because the death happened much later.
- It adds a new rule to federal criminal law saying there is no maximum time limit between the act that caused the death and the death itself.
- This applies to homicide offenses under federal law.
- The bill also updates the law’s table of contents to include this new rule.
Official Summaries
Justice for Murder Victims Act
This bill allows a prosecution to be instituted for any federal homicide offense without regard to the time that elapsed between the act or omission that caused the death of the victim and the death of the victim.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1353 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1353
To ensure that homicides can be prosecuted under Federal law without
regard to the time elapsed between the act or omission that caused the
death of the victim and the death itself.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Tiffany (for himself and Mrs. McBath) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To ensure that homicides can be prosecuted under Federal law without
regard to the time elapsed between the act or omission that caused the
death of the victim and the death itself.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Murder Victims Act''.
SEC. 2. HOMICIDE OFFENSES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1123. No maximum time period between act or omission and death
of victim
``A prosecution may be instituted for any homicide offense under
the laws of the United States without regard to the time that elapsed
between--
``(1) the act or omission that caused the death of the
victim; and
``(2) the death of the victim.''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of sections for chapter 51 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``1123. No maximum time period between act or omission and death of
victim.''.
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