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Creates new federal sentencing enhancements across multiple violent‑crime statutes when the offense (or a related attempt, conspiracy, or use of interstate commerce) is committed knowingly at the direction of or in coordination with a foreign government or its agent. For covered kidnapping, murder‑for‑hire, assault, stalking, attacks on officers, presidential protection offenses, and related conspiracies/attempts, courts may add up to 10 years in prison in many cases (and up to 5 years for certain attempts or lesser assaults), with higher increases where weapons, serious bodily injury, youth victims, or death are involved.
Applies the same general trigger—knowing direction or coordination by a foreign government or its agent—to amend or add penalty‑enhancement provisions in 18 U.S.C. §§1201, 1958, 115, 2261A, 1114, and 1751, and makes technical conforming edits to cross‑references in other statutes.
DETERRENCE Act
Received in the House.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced March 26, 2025 by Margaret Wood Hassan · Last progress 8 months ago