[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1945 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1945

           To broaden the scope of certain firearms offenses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 1996

  Mr. DeWine introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
           To broaden the scope of certain firearms offenses.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF TITLE 18.

    Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after ``uses or carries a firearm'' the following: ``or has a 
firearm in close proximity to illegal drugs or drug proceeds, in close 
proximity at the time of his or her arrest, or in close proximity at 
the point of sale of illegal drugs''.
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