[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6052 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6052

 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 juvenile act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2016

  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 juvenile act.

    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 JUVENILE ACT.

    (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) The term `violent juvenile act' means--
            ``(A) 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) by its nature, involves a substantial risk 
                that physical force against another person may be used 
                in the course of committing the act; and
            ``(B) an act described in subparagraph (A)--
                    ``(i) by a person who has attained 18 years of age 
                but not 21 years of age; and
                    ``(ii) for which the person is tried as a juvenile 
                or youthful offender under State law.''.
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