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Genocide Convention Implementation Act
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<p>The Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (Proxmire Act) amended the US <a href="/facts/Title_18_of_the_United_States_Code/3yocUU3R">Federal criminal code</a> to establish the criminal offense of <a href="/facts/Genocide/IjkNvg7y">genocide</a> (specified acts committed with the specific intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group). It provides for penalties to be imposed upon anyone who commits or attempts to commit any of such acts (a fine of $1,000,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 20 years, and life imprisonment if group members are killed). It also provides for criminal penalties (a fine of $500,000 and/or imprisonment for up to five years) for directly and publicly inciting an act of genocide. </p><p>The law states that it shall not be construed to: (1) preclude the application of State or local laws to the conduct proscribed; or (2) create any substantive or procedural right enforceable by law by any party in any proceeding. </p>