HR 6367
110th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Firearms
Firearms control
Fugitives from justice
Law enforcement officers
Mandatory sentences
Police
Violence
To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a law enforcement officer who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while pursuing or apprehending a suspect.
Introduced: June 25, 2008
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Became law
Jun 25, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 25, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the federal criminal code to allow an exception to the minimum sentencing requirement for a crime of violence while using, carrying, or possessing a firearm for a law enforcement officer who committed the offense during or in relation to the pursuit of an individual whom the officer reasonably believed committed a crime of violence.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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