[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3116 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3116

To permanently eliminate a procedure under which the Bureau of Alcohol, 
   Tobacco, and Firearms can waive prohibitions on the possession of 
firearms and explosives by convicted felons, drug offenders, and other 
                       disqualified individuals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 16, 2002

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To permanently eliminate a procedure under which the Bureau of Alcohol, 
   Tobacco, and Firearms can waive prohibitions on the possession of 
firearms and explosives by convicted felons, drug offenders, and other 
                       disqualified individuals.

    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 Felons Act''.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF FROM CERTAIN FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES 
              PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Firearms.--Section 925(c) of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence by inserting ``(other 
                than a natural person)'' before ``who is prohibited'';
                    (B) in the fourth sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``person (other than a 
                        natural person) who is a'' before ``licensed 
                        importer''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``his'' and inserting 
                        ``the person's''; and
                    (C) in the fifth sentence, by inserting ``(1) the 
                name of the person, (2) the disability with respect to 
                which the relief is granted, (3) if the disability was 
                imposed by reason of a criminal conviction of the 
                person, the crime for which and the court in which the 
                person was convicted, and (4)'' before ``the reasons 
                therefor''.
            (2) Explosive Materials.--Section 845(b) of title 18, 
        United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence by inserting ``(other 
                than a natural person)'' before ``may make application 
                to the Secretary''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence by inserting ``(other 
                than a natural person)'' before ``who makes application 
                for relief''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to--
            (1) applications for administrative relief and actions for 
        judicial review that are pending on the date of enactment of 
        this Act; and
            (2) applications for administrative relief filed, and 
        actions for judicial review brought, after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
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