[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5662 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5662

     To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence 
   requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a 
Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and 
   in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a 
                     firearm issued by the agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2016

 Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Guinta, and Mr. Duncan of 
  Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence 
   requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a 
Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and 
   in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a 
                     firearm issued by the agency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING 
              REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSON EMPLOYED OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
              STATES BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, WHO USES, CARRIES, OR 
              POSSESSES A FIREARM DURING AND IN RELATION TO A CRIME OF 
              VIOLENCE COMMITTED WHILE ON-DUTY WITH A FIREARM ISSUED BY 
              THE AGENCY.

    Section 3261 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, if the 
offense is a violation of section 924(c)(1) of this title, the minimum 
sentencing requirements of section 924(c)(1)(A) of this title shall not 
apply if--
            ``(1) the person committed a crime of violence during and 
        in relation to the offense;
            ``(2) the firearm had been issued by an agency of the 
        United States; and
            ``(3) at the time the person used, carried, or possessed 
        the firearm, the person was employed outside the United States 
        by the agency, and was on-duty.''.
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