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HR 3796 98th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Ammunition Criminal procedure and sentencing Explosives Firearms Firearms control Punishment Sentences (Criminal procedure)

A bill to amend chapter 44 (relating to firearms) of title 18 of the United States Code to provide mandatory penalties for the use of armor-piercing bullets in offenses involving handguns, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 4, 1983 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 12, 1984
See H.J.Res.648.
May 24, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 17, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 11, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.
Aug 4, 1983
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Aug 4, 1983
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal criminal code to provide a mandatory additional prison term of five years for any person who carries or uses, during a commission of a felony, armor-piercing bullets. Requires the court to not suspend any sentence, grant probation or parole, or impose concurrent sentences.

What's happening now October 12, 1984

See H.J.Res.648.

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