[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4220 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4220

To amend title 18, United States Code, to add certain firearms related 
     crimes to the list of crimes giving rise to a presumption of 
  dangerousness for purposes of hearings on the release of defendants 
                             before trial.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to add certain firearms related 
     crimes to the list of crimes giving rise to a presumption of 
  dangerousness for purposes of hearings on the release of defendants 
                             before trial.

    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 Traffickers Pretrial Threat 
Assessment Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF CERTAIN FIREARMS RELATED CRIMES TO THE LIST OF 
              CRIMES GIVING RISE TO A PRESUMPTION OF DANGEROUSNESS FOR 
              PURPOSES OF HEARINGS ON THE RELEASE OF DEFENDANTS BEFORE 
              TRIAL.

    Section 3142(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (C) and 
        redesignating existing subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) an offense under section 922(j), 922(k), 
                922(o), or 924(h) of this title or under section 
                5861(g), 5861(h), or 5861(i) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986; or''; and
            (3) in the subparagraph redesignated as subparagraph (E) by 
        this section, by striking ``(C)'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``(D)''.
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