[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 954 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 954

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale of a 
  firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony in a foreign 
                     court, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale of a 
  firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony in a foreign 
                     court, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Firearms Fairness and Security 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FIREARM SALES TO PERSON CONVICTED OF A FELONY IN 
              A FOREIGN COURT.

    Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted--
                    ``(A) in any court within the United States, of a 
                crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 
                year; or
                    ``(B) in any court outside the United States, of a 
                crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 
                year (except for any crime involving the violation of 
                an antitrust law), if the conduct giving rise to the 
                conviction would be punishable in any court within the 
                United States by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 
                year had such conduct occurred within the United 
                States;''; and
            (2) in subsection (g), by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(1) who has been convicted--
                    ``(A) in any court within the United States, of a 
                crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 
                year; or
                    ``(B) in any court outside the United States, of a 
                crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 
                year (except for any crime involving the violation of 
                an antitrust law), if the conduct giving rise to the 
                conviction would be punishable in any court within the 
                United States by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 
                year had such conduct occurred within the United 
                States;''.
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