[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2148 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2148

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a mandatory minimum 
sentence for the unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 
 a fugitive from justice, a person who is addicted to, or an unlawful 
   user of, a controlled substance, or a transferor or receiver of a 
   stolen firearm, to increase the general penalty for violation of 
Federal firearms laws, and to increase the enhanced penalties provided 
for the possession of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence 
                       or drug trafficking crime.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 1993

 Mr. Zimmer (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
    Mr. Porter, Mr. Kim, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Blute, Mr. Dornan, Mr. 
   Hochbrueckner, Mr. King, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
  McHugh, and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a mandatory minimum 
sentence for the unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 
 a fugitive from justice, a person who is addicted to, or an unlawful 
   user of, a controlled substance, or a transferor or receiver of a 
   stolen firearm, to increase the general penalty for violation of 
Federal firearms laws, and to increase the enhanced penalties provided 
for the possession of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence 
                       or drug trafficking crime.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A 
              FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON, FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE, ADDICT 
              OR UNLAWFUL USER OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, OR TRANSFEROR 
              OR RECEIVER OF STOLEN FIREARM.

    (a) In General.--Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2) or (3) 
        of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) Whoever knowingly possesses a firearm in violation of 
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 922(g), or in violation of 
subsection (i) or (j), shall be imprisoned not less than 5 years. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not place 
on probation or suspend the sentence of any person convicted under this 
paragraph, nor shall the term of imprisonment imposed under this 
paragraph run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment imposed 
under any other provision of law.''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN GENERAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF FEDERAL FIREARMS 
              LAWS.

    Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$10,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``five'' and inserting ``10''.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF FIREARM IN 
              CONNECTION WITH CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR DRUG TRAFFICKING 
              CRIME.

    Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``five'' and inserting ``10''; and
            (2) by striking ``twenty'' and inserting ``30''.

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