A bill to amend section 924(c) (relating to mandatory penalties for certain felonies committed with firearms) of title 18 of the United States Code to change the sentencing structure for offenses under such section, to eliminate parole for such offenses, and to make specific the exclusion of certain felonies from the groups of felonies to which such section applies.

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Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 to revise and increase the mandatory penalties for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony. Stipulates that the additional mandatory penalty shall not apply if the underlying felony consists solely of the possession, transportation, or sale of a firearm. Increases the additional penalty imposed for such offense to two years' imprisonment for a first offender (currently, one to ten years) and to five years for a second offender (currently, two to 25 years for a second or subsequent offender). Extends to first offenders the stipulations, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence, grant probation, or impose the additional sentence concurrently with the sentence imposed for the felony. Prohibits the granting of parole to an offender.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 January 1981

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