[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1254 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1254

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2015

Mr. Scott of Virginia 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 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 ``Recidivism Clarification Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCED PENALTIES PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Except to 
                the extent that a greater minimum sentence is otherwise 
                provided by this subsection or by any other provision 
                of law, any'' and inserting ``Any'';
                    (B) in each of subparagraphs (A) through (C), by 
                striking ``less'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``more''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) 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
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking 
                        ``imprisonment'' and inserting ``a term of 
                        imprisonment for any term of years or'';
            (2) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``less'' and 
                inserting ``more''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``punished 
                by death or''; and
            (3) 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.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to conduct engaged in, and sentences imposed before, 
on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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