[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 796 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 796

           To reduce gun trafficking, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 1997

    Mr. Torricelli (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
           To reduce gun trafficking, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Kingpin Death Penalty Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. DEATH PENALTY FOR CERTAIN FIREARMS TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS.

    Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(p) In addition to any other penalties set forth in this title, 
any person engaging in an offense under paragraph (1)(A) or (3) of 
section 922(a) that involves 25 or more firearms, who intentionally 
kills or counsels, commands, induces, procures, or causes the 
intentional killing of an individual, and such killing results, shall 
be sentenced--
            ``(1) to a term of imprisonment of not less than 20 years 
        and up to life imprisonment; or
            ``(2) to death.''.
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