[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 959 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 959

 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
 sale or transfer of a firearm to, or the possession of a firearm by, 
                     any person who is intoxicated.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 1997

Mr. Lautenberg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
 sale or transfer of a firearm to, or the possession of a firearm by, 
                     any 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. FIREARMS PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO INTOXICATED PERSONS.

    Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) is intoxicated from the use of alcohol or a 
        controlled substance (as that term is defined in section 102 of 
        the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)).''; and
            (2) in subsection (s)(3)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (vii), by adding ``and'' at the end;
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(viii) is not intoxicated from the use of alcohol 
                or a controlled substance (as that term is defined in 
                section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
                802));''.
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