A bill to amend section 924 (c) of title 18 of the United States Code to increase the mandatory minimum penalties applicable to certain firearms offenses.

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Introduced

3 November 1977

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Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Amends provisions which impose additional penalties for using or carrying a firearm during the commission of a Federal felony to: (1) increase the penalties thereunder; (2) prohibit a suspended sentence for any conviction under such provisions; (3) forbid a defendant to plead guilty of a lesser charge; and (4) render the Federal Youth Correction Act inapplicable to such offenses.

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summary · EN · 3 November 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/9996
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