3.0.0 4190 2019-11-15T21:32:32Z 2019-11-15T21:32:32Z House H HR 2012-03-08 112 [Pages H1305-H1306]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SCHIFF:H.R. 4190.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act isconstitutionally authorized[[Page H1306]]under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary andProper Clause. The Necessary and Proper Clause supports theexpansion of congressional authority beyond the explicitauthorities that are directly discernible from the text.Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution providessupport of the authority to enact legislation to promote theGeneral Welfare.]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2012-03-15T17:11:27Z Referred to 2012-03-08T14:56:40Z 2012-03-15 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2012-03-08 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-03-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-03-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 29 N M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2012-06-21 False R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2012-06-21 False F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] SAM FARR D CA 17 2012-06-29 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2012-06-29 False Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Firearms and explosives Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2012-03-08 Introduced in House 2012-07-03T19:19:26Z Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for an additional sentence of two years' imprisonment for violating the prohibitions against making false statements or misrepresenting identification regarding the acquisition of a firearm or ammunition: (1) knowing that the violation will further the transfer of two or more firearms to a person prohibited by law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm; and (2) with the intent to conceal such person's identity from the transferor.

Prohibits the court from: (1) placing any person convicted of such violation on probation; and (2) reducing a term of imprisonment for such a violation so as to compensate for, or otherwise take into account, a term of imprisonment imposed or to be imposed for a separate such violation. Prohibits a term of imprisonment imposed under this Act from running concurrently with a term imposed on the person under any other legal provision, except that a term imposed may, in the court's discretion, run concurrently with another term imposed by the court at the same time for a separate such violation, subject to applicable guidelines and policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission.

Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations requiring any form required to be completed by the purchaser of a firearm from a licensed person to include a notice of the provisions of this Act.

]]> Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act Short Titles as Introduced Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act Display Title Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act Official Title as Introduced To enhance criminal penalties for straw purchasers of firearms. Introduced in House 2012-03-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4190ih/xml/BILLS-112hr4190ih.xml 2012-03-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.