No Repeat Child Sex Offenders Act

This bill would sharply increase federal punishments for many crimes against children. For a wide range of offenses—like sex trafficking, coercing or enticing a child, and promoting or helping trafficking—the penalty would become life in prison or the death penalty, instead of a set number of years. It would also apply these penalties to transporting minors across state or national borders for illegal sexual activity and to repeat offenders. The bill raises penalties for arranging or helping someone travel for illicit sexual conduct and for selling children. It also increases penalties for sexual abuse crimes, including sexual abuse of a minor, abusive sexual contact, and cases where the abuse causes death.

Key points:

• Who is affected: People who commit federal child sexual exploitation, trafficking, or abuse crimes, and those who arrange or help travel for illicit sexual conduct.
• What changes: Many current prison terms would be replaced with life in prison or the death penalty across multiple child-related offenses .
• Timing: The text changes existing federal criminal laws; no special start date is listed in the bill text provided.