Bill > HR8870

This bill, the Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act, aims to improve certain criminal provisions in the following ways: 1. It amends the bank robbery statute (18 U.S.C. 2113) to clarify the language and make it a crime to conspire to commit bank robbery. 2. It creates a new section (18 U.S.C. 1123) that removes any time limit for prosecuting homicide offenses under federal law. 3. It amends the law (18 U.S.C. 111) that prohibits assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers and employees, clarifying that it is a general intent crime rather than a specific intent crime. 4. It increases the penalties for carjacking (18 U.S.C. 2119) by raising the maximum sentences. 5. It amends the law (18 U.S.C. 924(c)) defining "crime of violence" for purposes of firearms offenses. 6. It creates a new offense (21 U.S.C. 418a) for manufacturing or distributing controlled substances that are combined with or made to look like candy or beverages, with the intent that they be distributed to minors. 7. It makes changes to the federal kidnapping statute (18 U.S.C. 1201) to clarify the elements of the offense.