[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 445 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 445

  To provide that the firearms prohibitions applicable by reason of a 
  domestic violence misdemeanor conviction do not apply to government 
                               entities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             January 9, 1997

  Mr. Stupak 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 government 
                               entities.

    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 RETROACTIVELY 
              INAPPLICABLE TO GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 925(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``sections 922(d)(9) and (g)(9) and''.
    (b) Retroactivity.--The amendment made by subsection (a) of this 
section shall take effect as if the amendment had been included in 
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), on the date of the enactment of 
such Act. Any liability, penalty, or forfeiture incurred by any person 
who would not have been subject to the liability, penalty, or 
forfeiture if the amendment made by subsection (a) had been so 
included, by reason of the application of any amendment made by such 
section 658 to a conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic 
violence (as defined in section 921(a)(33) of title 18, United States 
Code) is hereby extinguished, and any action or prosecution for the 
enforcement of any such liability, penalty, or forfeiture shall not be 
sustained.
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