Bill > HR33

Introduced Session

To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. This bill establishes stand-alone criminal offenses for trafficking in firearms and straw purchasing of firearms. The bill expands the categories of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition) to include persons who intend (1) to sell or transfer a firearm or ammunition to a prohibited person, (2) to sell or transfer a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense, or (3) to unlawfully export. It increases the maximum prison term for the sale or transfer of a firearm to or the receipt or possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The bill revises the existing prohibition on transferring a firearm knowing that it will be used to commit a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense. It broadens the scope of unlawful conduct and increases the maximum prison term for a violator. The bill also revises the existing prohibition on smuggling a firearm into the United States with the intent to unlawfully import or to promote a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense. It broadens the scope of unlawful conduct and increases the maximum prison term for a violator. Finally, the bill makes it a crime to smuggle a firearm or ammunition out of the United States, or conspire or attempt to do so, with the intent to unlawfully export or to promote a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense.

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Bobby Rush (D)*,  Earl Blumenauer (D),  André Carson (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Chuy García (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Dutch Ruppersberger (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Norma Torres (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (on 01/03/2019)

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