[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3827 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3827

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to deny convicted felons and 
 other individuals the opportunity to seek administrative relief from 
 prohibitions against possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving 
 firearms or ammunition, and to eliminate the authority of the Federal 
   courts to admit additional evidence in reviewing denials of such 
                administrative relief for other persons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 1994

Ms. Harman (for herself, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Berman, Mr. Evans, Mr. Levy, 
 and Ms. Schenk) 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 deny convicted felons and 
 other individuals the opportunity to seek administrative relief from 
 prohibitions against possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving 
 firearms or ammunition, and to eliminate the authority of the Federal 
   courts to admit additional evidence in reviewing denials of such 
                administrative relief for other persons.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Felon Gun Prohibition Act''.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF FROM CERTAIN FIREARMS PROHIBITIONS DENIED 
              TO INDIVIDUALS; ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE NOT ADMISSIBLE IN 
              JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DENIALS OF SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF 
              FOR OTHER PERSONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the 1st sentence, by inserting ``(other than an 
        individual)'' before ``who is prohibited'';
            (2) by striking the 2nd and 3rd sentences; and
            (3) in the 4th sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``person (other than an 
                individual) who is a'' before ``licensed importer''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``his'' and inserting ``such''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to--
            (1) applications for administrative relief, and actions for 
        judicial review, that are pending on the date of the enactment 
        of this Act; and
            (2) applications for administrative relief filed, and 
        actions for judicial review brought, after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.

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