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 provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 which impose additional penalties for using or unlawfully carrying a firearm during the commission of a Federal felony to (1) limit its application to felonies other than offenses consisting solely of the possession, transportation, or sale of a firearm, (2) replace ranges of authorized sentences with sentences for a specified number of years, (3) prohibit a probationary or suspended sentence for first, as well as for subsequent, convictions, and (4) deny parole with respect to imprisonment under such provision.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 March 1977

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