[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 891 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 891

   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

                             March 6, 2001

  Mr. Moore (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Morella, Mrs. 
    McCarthy of New York, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. McCarthy of 
    Missouri, Mr. Holt, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
 Gonzalez, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Frank, and Mr. George Miller of California) 
 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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