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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1116 

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale 

or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 8, 2019 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. COHEN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. 

JAYAPAL, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CICILLINE, and Ms. 

JACKSON LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 

prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, 

and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt 

of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals. 

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 ‘‘Keeping Guns from 

5 High-Risk Individuals Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FIREARM PROHIBITIONS APPLICABLE WITH RE2 SPECT TO CERTAIN HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS. 

3 (a) SALES OR OTHER DISPOSITIONS.—Section 

4 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the 

5 first sentence— 

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

7 (8); 

8 (2) by striking the period at the end of para9 graph (9) and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

11 ‘‘(10) in the most recent 10-year period, has 

12 been convicted in any court of a crime of violence 

13 (as defined in section 16); 

14 ‘‘(11) has not attained 25 years of age, and has 

15 been adjudicated by any court as having committed 

16 an offense that would have been a crime of violence 

17 (as defined in section 16) if committed by an adult; 

18 ‘‘(12) in any period of 3 consecutive years in 

19 the most recent 10-year period, has been convicted 

20 in any court, on 2 separate occasions, of an offense 

21 that has, as an element, the possession or distribu22 tion of, or the intent to possess or distribute, alcohol 

23 or a controlled substance (as so defined); or 

24 ‘‘(13) has been convicted in any court of stalk25 ing.’’. 


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1 (b) POSSESSION, SHIPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, OR

2 RECEIPT.—Section 922(g) of such title is amended— 

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

4 (8); 

5 (2) by striking the comma at the end of para6 graph (9) and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(10) who, in the most recent 10-year period, 

10 has been convicted in any court of a crime of vio11 lence (as defined in section 16); 

12 ‘‘(11) who has not attained 25 years of age and 

13 has been adjudicated by any court as having com14 mitted an offense that would have been a crime of 

15 violence (as defined in section 16) if committed by 

16 an adult; 

17 ‘‘(12) who, in any period of 3 consecutive years 

18 in the most recent 10-year period, has been con19 victed in any court, on 2 separate occasions, of an 

20 offense that has, as an element, the possession or 

21 distribution of, or the intent to possess or distribute, 

22 alcohol or a controlled substance (as so defined); or 

23 ‘‘(13) who has been convicted in any court of 

24 stalking,’’. 

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