[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2945 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 2945

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 8, 2004

 Mr. Corzine (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) 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, Firearms, and Explosives can waive prohibitions on the 
 possession of firearms 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 PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by inserting ``(other than a 
        natural person)'' before ``who is prohibited'';
            (2) in the fourth sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``person (other than a natural 
                person) who is a'' before ``licensed importer''; and
                    (B) by striking ``his'' and inserting ``the 
                person's''; and
            (3) 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''.
    (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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