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HR 5662 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Firearms and explosives Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Violent crime

To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm issued by the agency.

Introduced: July 7, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
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Became law
Jul 20, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jul 7, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 7, 2016
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the federal criminal code to exclude from certain minimum sentencing requirements a federal employee outside the United States who, while on-duty, uses, carries, or possesses an agency-issued firearm in a crime of violence.

What's happening now July 20, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1