“A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to update the juvenile transfer for criminal prosecution process, and for other purposes.”
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This section authorizes direct criminal prosecution in federal district court—without Attorney General certification or a motion to transfer—for juveniles aged 16 or older alleged to have committed (1) any crime of homicide under chapter 51 of title 18, U.S. Code; (2) aggravated assault under 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. (As background, current law generally requires Attorney General certification before a federal court may exercise jurisdiction over a juvenile for an alleged act of delinquency, absent state assumption of jurisdiction.)