[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2991 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2991

    To require the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the 
sentencing guidelines to provide that a defendant convicted of a crime 
receive an appropriate sentence enhancement if the defendant possessed 
        a firearm with a laser sighting device during the crime.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 29, 1996

 Ms. DeLauro introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the 
sentencing guidelines to provide that a defendant convicted of a crime 
receive an appropriate sentence enhancement if the defendant possessed 
        a firearm with a laser sighting device during the crime.

    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 ``Laser-Assisted Gun Crime Penalty 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES TO PROVIDE FOR ENHANCED 
              PENALTIES FOR A DEFENDANT WHO COMMITS A CRIME WHILE IN 
              POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITH A LASER SIGHTING DEVICE.

    Not later than May 1, 1997, the United States Sentencing Commission 
shall, pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, United 
States Code, amend the sentencing guidelines (and, if the Commission 
considers it appropriate, the policy statements of the Commission) to 
provide that a defendant convicted of a crime shall receive an 
appropriate sentence enhancement if, during the crime--
            (1) the defendant possessed a firearm equipped with a laser 
        sighting device; or
            (2) the defendant possessed a firearm, and the defendant 
        (or another person at the scene of the crime who was aiding in 
        the commission of the crime) possessed a laser sighting device 
        capable of being readily attached to the firearm.
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