34 U.S.C. § 12392 — Enforcement of statutory rape laws

(a) Sense of Senate. The Senate's position is that states and local governments should actively enforce their statutory rape laws. (b) Justice Department program on statutory rape. By January 1, 1997, the Attorney General had to create and run a program that: (1) studies the connection between statutory rape and teenage pregnancy, especially cases involving repeat offenses by older predatory men; and (2) trains state and local law enforcement on preventing and prosecuting statutory rape, with a focus on repeat offenses by older predatory men and any links to teen pregnancy. (c) Violence against women initiative. The Attorney General had to make sure the Department of Justice's Violence Against Women initiative also addressed statutory rape, especially cases involving repeat offenses by older predatory men.