Key Votes
H Amdt 509 - Substitute Amendment to Unborn Victims of Violence Act - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Barney Frank voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- HR 2436 - Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 1999
- H Amdt 509 - Substitute Amendment to Unborn Victims of Violence Act
- SB 403 - Revised K-12 School Funding
Issues
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Rejected (House) (201-224) - Sept. 30, 1999 (Key vote)
Title: Substitute Amendment to Unborn Victims of Violence Act
Vote to adopt a substitute amendment that establishes a federal criminal offense for an individual whose assault on a pregnant woman interrupts or terminates the pregnancy.
- Calls for a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years if the assault resulted in injury to the fetus.
- Calls for a fine and/or prison term up to a life sentence if the assault terminated the pregnancy.
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT, WHICH REPLACES THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION WITH A NEW TEXT. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Amendment - Introduced (House) - Sept. 30, 1999
Title: Substitute Amendment to Unborn Victims of Violence Act
