[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 115 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 115

   To prohibit the transfer of a firearm to, and the possession of a 
                firearm by, a person who is intoxicated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the transfer of a firearm to, and the possession of a 
                firearm by, a person who is intoxicated.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST TRANSFER OF A FIREARM TO, AND POSSESSION 
              OF A FIREARM BY, A PERSON WHO IS INTOXICATED.

    (a) Transfer Prohibition.--Section 922(d) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (8);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) is intoxicated.''.
    (b) Possession Prohibition.--Section 922(g) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (8);
            (2) by inserting ``or'' at the end of paragraph (9); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) who is intoxicated,''.
    (c) Statement Required by the Brady Law.--Section 922(s)(3)(B) of 
such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (vii);
            (2) by inserting ``and'' at the end of clause (viii); and
            (3) by inserting after clause (viii) the following:
            ``(ix) is not intoxicated;''.
    (d) Intoxicated Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(34) The term `intoxicated' means, with respect to a person, that 
the mental or physcial condition of the person is sufficently impaired, 
as a result of the presence in the person's body of alcohol, a drug, or 
another substance, to be prohibited by the law of the State in which 
the person is located from operating a motor vehicle in the State.''.
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