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HR 3733 103th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Capital punishment Firearms Firearms control Foreign Trade and International Finance Imports Interstate commerce Murder Recidivists Sentences (Criminal procedure) Violence

Violence With Firearms Prevention Act of 1994

Introduced: January 25, 1994 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Jan 25, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 25, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Violence With Firearms Prevention Act of 1994 - Prohibits and sets penalties for transporting or receiving a firearm in interstate or foreign commerce with knowledge or intent that it will be used to kill, injure, or intimidate any individual.

Increases penalties where personal injury results and in the case of a second, third, or subsequent conviction. Subjects violators to the death penalty where death results.

Prohibits: (1) the court from imposing a probationary sentence upon, or suspending the sentence of, any person convicted of a violation of this Act; and (2) the term of imprisonment imposed under this Act from running concurrently with any other term of imprisonment, including that imposed for any offense in which the firearm was used.

What's happening now February 8, 1994

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3883 Identical bill Violence With Firearms Prevention Act of 1994
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 25, 1994
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3733: Violence With Firearms Prevention Act of 1994. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3733/
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"H.R. 3733: Violence With Firearms Prevention Act of 1994." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3733/.
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H.R. 3733, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3733/.
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