[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 191 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]


  2d Session

                                 S. 191

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                               AMENDMENT
                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                       October 9, 1998.

    Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 191) entitled ``An Act to 
throttle criminal use of guns'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) In General.--Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(c)'' and all that follows through the 
        end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(c)(1)(A) Except to the extent that a greater minimum sentence is 
otherwise provided by this subsection or by any other provision of law, 
any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug 
trafficking crime (including a crime of violence or drug trafficking 
crime that provides for an enhanced punishment if committed by the use 
of a deadly or dangerous weapon or device) for which the person may be 
prosecuted in a court of the United States, uses or carries a firearm, 
or who, in furtherance of any such crime, possesses a firearm, shall, 
in addition to the punishment provided for such crime of violence or 
drug trafficking crime--
            ``(i) be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less 
        than 5 years;
            ``(ii) if the firearm is brandished, be sentenced to a term 
        of imprisonment of not less than 7 years; and
            ``(iii) if the firearm is discharged, be sentenced to a 
        term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years.
    ``(B) If the firearm possessed by a person convicted of a violation 
of this subsection--
            ``(i) is a short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or 
        semiautomatic assault weapon, the person shall be sentenced to 
        a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years; or
            ``(ii) is a machinegun or a destructive device, or is 
        equipped with a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, the person 
        shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 
        30 years.
    ``(C) In the case of a second or subsequent conviction under this 
subsection, the person shall--
            ``(i) be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less 
        than 25 years; and
            ``(ii) if the firearm involved is a machinegun or a 
        destructive device, or is equipped with a firearm silencer or 
        firearm muffler, be sentenced to imprisonment for life.
    ``(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            ``(i) a court shall not place on probation any person 
        convicted of a violation of this subsection; and
            ``(ii) no term of imprisonment imposed on a person under 
        this subsection shall run concurrently with any other term of 
        imprisonment imposed on the person, including any term of 
        imprisonment imposed for the crime of violence or drug 
        trafficking crime during which the firearm was used, carried, 
        or possessed.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term `brandish' 
        means, with respect to a firearm, to display all or part of the 
        firearm, or otherwise make the presence of the firearm known to 
        another person, in order to intimidate that person, regardless 
        of whether the firearm is directly visible to that person.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3559(c)(2)(F)(i) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``firearms possession (as 
described in section 924(c));'' after ``firearms use;''.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.