PUBLIC LAW 108–21—APR. 30, 2003
117 STAT. 667
(7) Contacting local law enforcement. (8) Documenting the incident.
Subtitle E—Child Advocacy Center Grants SEC.
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INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT OF 1990.
(a) REGIONAL CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTERS.—Section 213 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001b) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(4)— (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B)(ii); (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘board’’; and (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively, of subparagraph (B), and by realigning such clauses so as to have the same indentation as the preceding clauses of subparagraph (B); and (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Board’’ in each of paragraphs (1)(B)(ii), (2)(A), and (3), and inserting ‘‘board’’. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The text of section 214B of such Act (42 U.S.C. 13004) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(a) SECTIONS 213 AND 214.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 213 and 214, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005. ‘‘(b) SECTION 214A.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 214A, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005.’’.
TITLE IV—SENTENCING REFORM SEC. 401. SENTENCING REFORM.
(a) ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR CHILD ABDUCTION AND SEX OFFENSES.—Section 3553(b) of title 18, United States Code is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘The court’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the court’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) CHILD CRIMES AND SEXUAL OFFENSES.— ‘‘(A) SENTENCING.—In sentencing a defendant convicted of an offense under section 1201 involving a minor victim, an offense under section 1591, or an offense under chapter 71, 109A, 110, or 117, the court shall impose a sentence of the kind, and within the range, referred to in subsection (a)(4) unless— ‘‘(i) the court finds that there exists an aggravating circumstance of a kind, or to a degree, not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission in formulating the guidelines that should result in a sentence greater than that described; ‘‘(ii) the court finds that there exists a mitigating circumstance of a kind or to a degree, that—
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