S5398-118

Introduced

To authorize sentencing enhancements for certain criminal offenses directed by or coordinated with foreign governments.

118th Congress Introduced Nov 21, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize sentencing enhancements for certain criminal offenses directed by or coordinated with foreign governments., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Criminal Justice, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deterring External Threats and Ensuring Robust Responses to Egregious and Nefarious Criminal Endeavors Act or the...
  • Section id5b24a746c4a54768888c3f7ff30f7ca3: 2. Kidnapping Section 1201 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); by inserting after subsection (g)...
  • Section idbf0e4a1134724e229dc0c19574c60af3: 3. Use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire Section 1958 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating...
  • Section idfa411b4834654f5b813f9a15c031a1d0: 4. Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official by threatening or injuring a family member Section 115(b) of title 18, United States Code,...
  • Section ide58b4226034e4ec68ebd2b8035cbb4fb: 5. Stalking Section 2261A of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by striking Whoever— and inserting (a) In general.—Except as provided in subsection (b),...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize sentencing enhancements for certain criminal offenses directed by or coordinated with foreign governments., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Key Policy Areas

Trade, Criminal Justice, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, To authorize sentencing enhancements for certain criminal offenses directed by or coordinated with foreign governments., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Policy Domains

Trade Criminal Justice Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 21, 2024

Ms. Hassan (for herself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Trade Criminal Justice Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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