[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3454 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3454

 To provide enhanced penalties for discharging or possessing a firearm 
     during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, and for 
 discharging or using a firearm to cause serious bodily injury during 
                             such a crime.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 1996

 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide enhanced penalties for discharging or possessing a firearm 
     during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, and for 
 discharging or using a firearm to cause serious bodily injury during 
                             such a 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 ``Enhanced Prosecution and Punishment 
of Armed Felons Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR DISCHARGING OR POSSESSING A FIREARM 
              DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.

    (a) In General.--Sections 924(c)(1) and 929(a)(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, are each amended by striking ``uses or carries'' 
and inserting ``possesses''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Sections 924(c)(1) and 929(b) of such 
title are each amended by striking ``used or carried'' and inserting 
``possessed''.

SEC. 3. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR DISCHARGING OR USING A FIREARM TO CAUSE 
              SERIOUS BODILY INJURY DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR DRUG 
              TRAFFICKING CRIME.

    Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``or is discharged or otherwise used to cause serious bodily 
injury (as defined in section 1365(g)(3)),'' before ``to imprisonment 
for ten years''.
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