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Violent Juvenile Offender Accountability Act of 2025
To amend title 18, United States Code, to update the juvenile transfer for criminal prosecution process, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill modifies the process for prosecuting certain juveniles in federal court. It allows juveniles aged 16 or older to be prosecuted directly in federal district court for homicide, aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft, robbery, and aggravated sexual abuse (when certain firearm enhancements apply), without requiring the Attorney General to file a motion to transfer the case. Under current law, such cases must go through a transfer process; this bill eliminates that requirement for these specific crimes.
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Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Nov 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Nov 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 6, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hagerty, and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to update the juvenile transfer for criminal prosecution process, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Violent Juvenile Offender Accountability Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF CERTAIN JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
Section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, criminal prosecution of a juvenile in the appropriate district court of the United States may be begun without a motion to transfer of the Attorney General if the juvenile is 16 years of age or older and is alleged to have committed—
“(1) any crime of homicide under chapter 51;
“(2) aggravated assault, as described in section 111(b);
“(3) theft of a motor vehicle under section 2119;
“(4) robbery under section 1951, to which section 924(c) applies; or
“(5) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241, to which section 924(c) applies.”. <all>
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