[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2537 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2537

 To provide for the appointment of an Assistant United States Attorney 
  for each judicial district for the purpose of prosecuting firearms 
                               offenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2001

Mr. Udall of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Flake, Mr. Wu, Ms. Hart, Mr. 
 Bonior, Mr. Moore, Mr. Weiner, and Mr. Udall of Colorado) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the appointment of an Assistant United States Attorney 
  for each judicial district for the purpose of prosecuting firearms 
                               offenses.

    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 Crime Prosecution Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS TO PROSECUTE 
              FIREARMS OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--The United States Attorney for each judicial 
district shall--
            (1) appoint 1 Assistant United States Attorney in addition 
        to any other Assistant United States Attorneys appointed for 
        the judicial district;
            (2) assign the additional Assistant United States Attorney 
        responsibility for prosecuting only offenses under chapter 44 
        of title 18, United States Code, and any other offense under 
        Federal law involving firearms or ammunition; and
            (3) require the additional Assistant United States Attorney 
        in the prosecution of such offenses, to give priority to--
                    (A) crimes of violence (as defined in section 16 of 
                such title) committed by individuals who have 
                previously been convicted of such a crime; and
                    (B) offenses by individuals who have previously 
                been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment 
                for more than 1 year.
    (b) Limitation on Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out 
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney 
General $8,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2005. Amounts 
appropriated pursuant to this subsection are authorized to remain 
available until expended.
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