[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2255 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2255

  To provide that the firearms prohibitions applicable by reason of a 
 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction do not apply to a government 
          official engaged in official conduct while on duty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that the firearms prohibitions applicable by reason of a 
 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction do not apply to a government 
          official engaged in official conduct while on duty.

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

SECTION 1. FIREARMS PROHIBITIONS APPLICABLE BY REASON OF A DOMESTIC 
              VIOLENCE MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION MADE INAPPLICABLE TO 
              GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ENGAGED IN OFFICIAL CONDUCT WHILE ON 
              DUTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 925(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sections 922(d)(9) and 
(g)(9) shall not apply to a person while the person is on duty and 
engaged in an official activity of the United States or any department 
or agency thereof, or of any State or any department, agency, or 
political subdivision thereof.''.
    (b) Inapplicability of Rule Prohibiting Firearms Possession by 
Official Convicted of Conduct Made Lawful by This Section.--A 
conviction of an individual, during the period that begins with the 
date of the enactment of section 658 of the Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in 
section 101(f) of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997) 
and ends with the date of the enactment of this Act, for a violation of 
section 922(g)(9) of title 18, United States Code, by reason of conduct 
engaged in while the individual was on duty and engaged in an official 
activity of the United States or any department or agency thereof, or 
of any State or any department, agency, or political subdivision 
thereof, shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of section 
922(g)(1) of such title.
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