HR 3148 · 96th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to extend and strengthen the mandatory penalty feature of the prohibition against the use of firearms in Federal felonies, and for other purposes.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1979-03-21)
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Requires that whoever uses a firearm during the commission of a felony over which a Federal court has original and exclusive jurisdiction, or whoever carries a firearm during the commission of such felony if an element of such felony is the use or threat of violence, shall, in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of such crime, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than ten years. Requires in the care of a second or subsequent conviction the imposition of a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years, or to life imprisonment. Stipulates that the execution or imposition of any term of imprisonment under this Act: (1) may not be suspended; (2) may not run concurrently; and (3) may not include probation or parole for the first five years of imprisonment.…
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