US HB110 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Modifies federal criminal penalties. Specifically, it excludes from certain minimum sentencing requirements a federal employee outside the United States who is required to carry a firearm while on duty and who, while on duty, uses, carries, or possesses the a firearm in a crime of violence.
Title
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 required to be carried while on-duty.
Sponsors
| Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-04 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| 2019-01-03 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| 2019-01-03 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Crime and law enforcement
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Violent crime
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Violent crime
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/110/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr110/BILLS-116hr110ih.pdf |
