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HR 2193 98th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Corrections and Correctional Institutions Criminal procedure and sentencing Firearms Firearms control Parole Probation Punishment Sentences (Criminal procedure)

A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to extend and strengthen the mandatory penalty feature of the prohibition against the use of firearms in Federal felonies, and for…

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A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to extend and strengthen the mandatory penalty feature of the prohibition against the use of firearms in Federal felonies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 21, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 21, 1983
Introduced in House
Mar 21, 1983
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 to revise and increase the mandatory penalties for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony.

Redefines such offense as using a firearm to commit a felony over which the district courts have exclusive jurisdiction or carrying a firearm during such a felony involving violence. Deletes the requirement that the firearm be carried "unlawfully".

Increases the additional penalty imposed for such offense to not less than five years' imprisonment for a first offense (currently, one to ten years) and ten years for a second or subsequent offense (currently, two to 25 years).

Extends to first offenders the stipulations, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence, grant probation, or impose concurrent sentences.

Makes a first offender ineligible for parole for five years and a second or subsequent offender ineligible for ten years.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the executive prosecute vigorously such offenses.

What's happening now March 28, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 21, 1983
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 21, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2193: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to extend and strengthen the mandatory penalty feature of the prohibition against the use of firearms in Federal felonies, and for other purposes.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2193/
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"H.R. 2193: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to extend and strengthen the mandatory penalty feature of the prohibition against the use of firearms in Federal felonies, and for other purposes.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2193/.
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H.R. 2193, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2193/.
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[H.R. 2193: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to extend and strengthen the mandatory penalty feature of the prohibition against the use of firearms in Federal felonies, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2193/)
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