A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to increase the penalties imposed for certain firearms violations and to extend the mandatory imposition of those penalties to first offenses.

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Introduced

3 March 1977

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Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Amends provisions imposing additional sentences for commission of a Federal felony with the use of, or while unlawfully carrying, a firearm to (1) increase the minimum authorized sentence, (2) remove maximum limits for such sentences, and (3) prohibit suspended and probationary sentences with respect to first, as well as to subsequent, convictions.

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summary · EN · 3 March 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/4407
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