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S 1547 116th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure and sentencing Firearms and explosives Violent crime

Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

Introduced: May 20, 2019 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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May 20, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 20, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

This bill modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.

What's happening now May 20, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2837 Identical bill Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · May 23, 2019
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 20, 2019
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 20, 2019
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · May 20, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1547: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1547/
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"S. 1547: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1547/.
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S. 1547, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1547/.
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[S. 1547: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1547/)
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