[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1552 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1552

 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
    possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have 
               committed a violent act while a juvenile.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2011

  Mr. Israel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
    possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have 
               committed a violent act while a juvenile.

    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 ``Preventing Gun Violence Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PERSON WHO IS 
              ADJUDICATED TO HAVE COMMITTED A VIOLENT ACT WHILE A 
              JUVENILE.

    (a) Possession Ban.--Section 922(g) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (8);
            (2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (9) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) who has been adjudicated by a court of the United 
        States to have committed a violent juvenile act,''.
    (b) Violent Juvenile Act Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(36)(A) The term `violent juvenile act' means an act by a 
        person before the person attains 18 years of age that, if 
        committed by an adult, would be punishable by a term of 
        imprisonment exceeding one year, and--
                    ``(i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or 
                threatened use of physical force against another 
                person; or
                    ``(ii) that by its nature, involves a substantial 
                risk that physical force against another person may be 
                used in the course of committing the act.''.
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