[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2554 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2554

                   To prohibit firearms trafficking.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2011

Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
 Conyers, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Ms. Chu, Ms. Norton, 
Mr. Rangel, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Speier, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ackerman, 
  Mr. Farr, and Mr. Quigley) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To prohibit firearms trafficking.

    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 ``Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen 
Law Enforcement Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FIREARMS TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 932. Trafficking in firearms
    ``(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person, regardless 
of whether anything of value is exchanged, to receive, or to transfer 
or otherwise dispose of to 1 or more individuals, 2 or more firearms 
that have been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign 
commerce, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such 
conduct will result in the disposing of 1 or more such firearms to an 
individual--
            ``(1) whose possession or receipt of the firearm would be 
        unlawful; or
            ``(2) who intends to or will use, carry, possess, or 
        dispose of the firearm unlawfully.
    ``(b) Organizer.--It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly 
direct, promote, or facilitate conduct that violates subsection (a).
    ``(c) Conspiracy.--It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire 
to violate subsection (a).
    ``(d) Definitions.--In subsection (a):
            ``(1) The term `individual whose possession or receipt of 
        the firearm would be unlawful' means an individual--
                    ``(A) who is under indictment or has a prior 
                conviction for a violent felony or a felony drug 
                offense;
                    ``(B) who at the time of the offense was under a 
                criminal sentence, including on probation, parole, 
                supervised release, or work release, or in escape 
                status;
                    ``(C) whose possession of the firearm violates or 
                would violate section 922(x)(2); or
                    ``(D) whose possession of the firearm violates or 
                would violate paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), (8), or (9) 
                of section 922(g).
            ``(2) The term `violent felony' has the meaning given in 
        section 924(e)(2)(B).
            ``(3) The term `felony drug offense' has the meaning given 
        in section 102(44) of the Controlled Substances Act, and 
        includes a drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 
        924(c)).''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(8)(A) Whoever violates subsection (a) or (b) of section 932 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or 
both, subject to subparagraph (B).
    ``(B) The term of imprisonment imposed on a person who violates 
section 932 in concert with 5 or more other persons with respect to 
whom the person occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory 
position, or any other position of management, shall be not more than 
25 years.
    ``(C) Whoever violates section 932(c) shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

        ``932. Trafficking in firearms.
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