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Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Violent Juvenile Offender Accountability Act of 2025.
Section 2
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— any crime of homicide under chapter 51; aggravated assault, as described in section 111(b); theft of a motor vehicle under section 2119; robbery under section 1951, to which section 924(c) applies; or aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241, to which section 924(c) applies. 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..