[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5194 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5194

   To prohibit the possession of a firearm by an individual who has 
committed an act of juvenile delinquency that would be a violent felony 
                       if committed by an adult.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2000

  Mr. Moore (for himself, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Udall of New 
Mexico, Mr. Houghton, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Stupak, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Holt, 
 Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Danner, and Mr. Hutchinson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the possession of a firearm by an individual who has 
committed an act of juvenile delinquency that would be a violent felony 
                       if committed by an adult.

    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 ``No Guns For Violent Perpetrators 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS 
              COMMITTED AN ACT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THAT WOULD BE A 
              VIOLENT FELONY IF COMMITTED BY AN ADULT.

    Section 922(g)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the comma; and
            (2) by inserting ``, or adjudicated as having committed an 
        act of juvenile delinquency that would be a crime of violence 
        (as defined in section 924(c)(3)) and punishable by 
        imprisonment for such term if committed by an adult'' before 
        the semicolon.
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