[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2933 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2933

  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify the 
     circumstances under which the enhanced penalty provisions for 
                     subsequent convictions apply.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2009

  Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself and Mr. Conyers) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify the 
     circumstances under which the enhanced penalty provisions for 
                     subsequent convictions apply.

    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 ``Firearm Recidivist Sentencing Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCED PENALTIES PROVISIONS.

    Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``In the case of a 
        second or subsequent conviction under this subsection'' and 
        inserting ``If a person is convicted under this subsection 
        after a prior conviction under this subsection has become 
        final''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) The provisions of section 411 of the Controlled 
        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 851), other than subsections (a)(2) 
        and (e) of such section, as in effect on the date of the 
        enactment of this paragraph, shall apply to sentencing for 
        convictions under this subsection in the same manner in which 
        such provisions apply to sentencing for offenses under part D 
        of title II of such Act.''.
                                 <all>