Key Votes
S 254 - Juvenile Crime bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Stages
Family
- S 254 - Juvenile Crime bill
- S Amdt 351 - Religious Memorials at Schools Amendment
- S Amdt 362 - Gun Show Sale Regulation Amendment
- SB 1617 - K-12 Education Budget for 2011-2012
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (73-25) - May 20, 1999 (Key vote)
Title: Juvenile Crime bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that would strengthen penalties for juvenile criminals, establish youth rehabilitation programs and create other programs to reduce youth criminal activity.
Highlights:
- Authorizes juveniles 14 or older to be tried as adults in federal court if they commit serious violent or drug-related crimes.
- Subjects a juvenile who is charged as an adult in federal court to the same procedures and penalties as adults, but prohibits sentencing anyone under age 18 to death.
- Prohibits housing juvenile offenders in the same facilities as adults, but allows certain rural areas with limited juvenile facilities wider latitude in this regard.
- Authorizes $5 billion over the next five years for programs to prevent juvenile crime, including $450 million in block grants to states for juvenile accountability programs and $435 million for prevention programs.
- Strengthens penalties for individuals recruiting youths into street gangs.
- Establishes the National Parenting Support and Education Commission to provide parents with advice on how to keep their children away from crime.
- Requires mandatory background checks prior to the sale of firearms at gun shows or pawn shops.
- Increases penalties for possession of firearms by a juvenile, possession of firearms or ammunition on school property, and transfer of weapons or ammunition to a juvenile.
- Requires child safety devices be sold with all handguns.
- Prohobits Internet sales of weapons or explosives.
- Calls for a study of the effect of violence in video games and music on children.
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Edmond Spencer Abraham (MI - ) (Out Of Office)
- John D. Ashcroft (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph Robinette 'Joe' Biden Jr. (DE - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA - D)
- Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III (AL - R)
- Strom Thurmond (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
