A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to increase the sentences for certain gun-related offenses and to extend the mandatory nature of such sentences to certain additional gun-related offenses.

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Introduced

1 February 1977

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Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Amends provisions imposing additional penalties upon persons committing Federal felonies with the use of, or while illegally carrying, a firearm to increase minimum sentences thereunder and to prohibit a suspended or probationary sentence with respect to a first conviction.

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summary · EN · 1 February 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/2866
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