I 

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3411

To prevent any adult who, as a juvenile, committed an offense that would 

be a crime of violence if committed by an adult, from possessing a firearm. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 30, 2003

Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MOORE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, 

Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 

Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, 

Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. PASTOR, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CLAY, and Mr. KUCINICH) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To prevent any adult who, as a juvenile, committed an offense that would be a crime of violence if committed 

by an adult, from possessing a firearm.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Gun Crime 

5 Reporting Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS. 

2 (a) TRANSFER BAN.—Section 922(d) of title 18, 

3 United States Code, is amended in the first sentence—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

5 (8); 

6 (2) by striking the period at the end of para7 graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; or’’ ; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(10) has been found by a court to be guilty of 

10 an act, committed as a juvenile, which if committed 

11 by an adult would have been a crime of violence (as 

12 defined in section 16).’’. 

13 (b) POSSESSION BAN.—Section 922(g) of such 

14 title—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

16 (8); 

17 (2) by striking the comma at the end of para18 graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(10) who has been found by a court to be 

21 guilty of an act, committed as a juvenile, which if 

22 committed by an adult would have been a crime of 

23 violence (as defined in section 16),’’. 
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1 SEC. 3. ENCOURAGEMENT FOR STATES TO PROVIDE TO NA2 TIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BAKGROUND 

3 CHECK SYSTEM INFORMATION RELATING TO 

4 ACTS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THAT 

5 WOULD BE CRIMES OF VIOLENCE IF COM6 MITTED BY AN ADULT. 

7 Section 102(c) of the Crime Identification Tech8 nology Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 14601(c)) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(3) INDIVIDUALS FOUND GUILTY OF AN ACT

11 OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THAT WOULD HAVE

12 BEEN A CRIME OF VIOLENCE IF COMMITTED BY AN

13 ADULT.—Such assurances shall also include assur14 ances that the State has the capability to contribute 

15 to the system referred to in paragraph (1), and does 

16 contribute to such system, identification of each in17 dividual who has been found by a court to be guilty 

18 of an act, committed as a juvenile, which if com19 mitted by an adult would have been a crime of vio20 lence (as defined in section 16 of title 18, United 

21 States Code).’’.

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