[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 424 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 424

  To provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences for criminals 
              possessing firearms, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 1997

Mrs. Myrick (for herself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Graham, Mr. Solomon, and Mr. 
Sensenbrenner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences for criminals 
              possessing firearms, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASED MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR CRIMINALS 
              POSSESSING FIREARMS.

    Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(c)(1)(A) A person who, during and in relation to any crime of 
violence or drug trafficking crime (including a crime of violence or 
drug trafficking crime which provides for an enhanced punishment if 
committed by the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon or device) for 
which the person may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, 
possesses a firearm shall, in addition to the punishment provided for 
such crime of violence or drug trafficking crime--
            ``(i) be imprisoned not less than 10 years;
            ``(ii) if the firearm is discharged during and in relation 
        to the crime, be imprisoned not less than 20 years; and
            ``(iii) if the death of a person results, be punished by 
        death or by imprisonment for life.
    ``(B) If the firearm is a machinegun or a destructive device, or is 
equipped with a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, the person shall 
be imprisoned not less than 30 years.
    ``(C) In the case of a second or subsequent conviction under this 
subsection, the person shall be imprisoned not less than 25 years, and 
if the firearm is a machinegun or a destructive device, or is equipped 
with a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, the person shall be 
imprisoned for life without release.
    ``(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall 
not place on probation or suspend the sentence of any person convicted 
of a violation of this subsection, nor shall a term of imprisonment 
imposed under this subsection run concurrently with any other term of 
imprisonment including that imposed for the crime of violence or drug 
trafficking crime in which the firearm was possessed.''.
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