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I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6367 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2008 Mr. Brady of Texas (for himself, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Poe, and Mr. Culberson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a law enforcement officer who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while pursuing or apprehending a suspect.

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Exception to certain mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for a law enforcement officer who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while pursuing or apprehending a suspect

Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B)The minimum sentencing requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply if— (i)at the time the person used, carried, or possessed the firearm, the person was a law enforcement officer authorized to carry the firearm; (ii)the offense under this paragraph occurred while the person was on-duty, and during or in relation to the pursuit or apprehension of an individual who the person reasonably believed had committed a crime; and (iii)the crime committed by the person during and in relation to which the offense under this paragraph occurred is a crime of violence. .