MINOR Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8413 To direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into memoranda of understanding with State and local prosecuting authorities concerning the adjudication of criminal offenses committed by minors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself, Mr. WILLIAMS, and Mr. CUELLAR) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into memoranda of understanding with State and local prosecuting au- thorities concerning the adjudication of criminal offenses committed by minors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Installation 4 Non-adult Offender Reform Act’’ or the ‘‘MINOR Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Oct 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8413.IH H8413 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8413 IH SEC. 2. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING ON ADJUDICA- 1 TION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES COMMITTED 2 BY MINORS. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 90 days 4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 5 of Defense shall seek to enter into a memorandum of un- 6 derstanding concerning the adjudication of criminal of- 7 fenses committed by minors with the head prosecuting au- 8 thority of each State and local jurisdiction of the United 9 States in which there is a Federal military installation. 10 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each memorandum of under- 11 standing entered into under subsection (a) shall provide 12 that a minor who commits a criminal offense on the 13 grounds of a Federal military installation may, with the 14 consent of the appropriate State or local prosecuting au- 15 thority for the jurisdiction in which the installation is lo- 16 cated, be referred for adjudication to such authority. 17 SEC. 3. PROGRESS REPORT. 18 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact- 19 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 20 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 21 progress of the Secretary in entering into memoranda of 22 understanding under section 2. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Oct 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8413.IH H8413 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8413 IH SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 1 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to change the 2 status of a geographic area of exclusive Federal jurisdic- 3 tion. 4 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 5 In this Act: 6 (1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit- 7 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 8 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 9 (2) The term ‘‘minor’’ means a person who has 10 not attained the age of 18 years. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Oct 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8413.IH H8413 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS