[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 261

   To establish and clarify that Congress does not authorize persons 
   convicted of dangerous crimes in foreign courts to freely possess 
                     firearms in the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2013

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Boxer, 
Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Lautenberg) introduced the following bill; which 
     was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish and clarify that Congress does not authorize persons 
   convicted of dangerous crimes in foreign courts to freely possess 
                     firearms in the United States.

    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 ``No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. NO FIREARMS FOR FOREIGN FELONS.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Courts.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(36) The term `any court' includes any Federal, State, or foreign 
court.''.
            (2) Exclusion of certain felonies.--Section 921(a)(20) of 
        title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``any Federal 
                or State offenses'' and inserting ``any Federal, State, 
                or foreign offenses'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``any State 
                offense classified by the laws of the State'' and 
                inserting ``any State or foreign offense classified by 
                the laws of that jurisdiction''; and
                    (C) in the matter following subparagraph (B), in 
                the first sentence, by inserting before the period the 
                following: ``, except that a foreign conviction shall 
                not constitute a conviction of such a crime if the 
                convicted person establishes that the foreign 
                conviction resulted from a denial of fundamental 
                fairness that would violate due process if committed in 
                the United States or from conduct that would be legal 
                if committed in the United States''.
    (b) Domestic Violence Crimes.--Section 921(a)(33) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``subparagraph (C)'' and inserting ``subparagraph 
                (B)''; and
                    (B) in clause (i)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(I)'' after ``(i)'';
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' and inserting 
                        ``or''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(II) is a crime under foreign law that is punishable by 
        imprisonment for a term of not more than 1 year; and''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``if the 
        conviction has'' and inserting the following: ``if the 
        conviction--
            ``(I) occurred in a foreign jurisdiction and the convicted 
        person establishes that the foreign conviction resulted from a 
        denial of fundamental fairness that would violate due process 
        if committed in the United States or from conduct that would be 
        legal if committed in the United States; or
            ``(II) has''.
    (c) Penalties.--Section 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``an offense under State law'' and 
        inserting ``an offense under State or foreign law''; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, 
        except that a foreign conviction shall not constitute a 
        conviction of such a crime if the convicted person establishes 
        that the foreign conviction resulted from a denial of 
        fundamental fairness that would violate due process if 
        committed in the United States or from conduct that would be 
        legal if committed in the United States''.
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