42 U.S.C. § 14016
Section 14016 · Enforcement of statutory rape laws
This is § 906 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Amended 1 time on record
It is the sense of the Senate that States and local jurisdictions should aggressively enforce statutory rape laws.
Not later than January 1, 1997, the Attorney General shall establish and implement a program that—
(1) studies the linkage between statutory rape and teenage pregnancy, particularly by predatory older men committing repeat offenses; and
(2) educates State and local criminal law enforcement officials on the prevention and prosecution of statutory rape, focusing in particular on the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses, and any links to teenage pregnancy.
The Attorney General shall ensure that the Department of Justice's Violence Against Women initiative addresses the issue of statutory rape, particularly the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses.
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Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and not as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 which enacted this chapter.