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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1339 

To enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee, 

to establish a Mass Violence Prevention Center, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2019 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. STEUBE, 

Mr. CLINE, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. 

WOODALL, Mr. BARR, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, 

Mr. GIBBS, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. FLORES, Mr. BACON, Mr. 

MEADOWS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. ESTES, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 

SMUCKER, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. STEIL, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. YOHO, Mr. 

JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BUDD, and Mrs. 

WAGNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal 

firearms licensee, to establish a Mass Violence Prevention 

Center, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘The Mass Violence 

5 Prevention Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘MVP Act of 2019’’. 


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1 TITLE I—FEDERAL FIREARMS 

2 LICENSEE PROTECTION 

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Firearms Li5 censee Protection Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE CERTAIN PENALTIES. 

7 Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(i)(1)(A) A person who knowingly violates section 

12 922(u), or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this 

13 title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. 

14 ‘‘(B) In the case of a violation described in subpara15 graph (A) that occurs during the commission of— 

16 ‘‘(i) a burglary, the term of imprisonment shall 

17 be not less than 3 years; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) a robbery, the term of imprisonment shall 

19 be not less than 5 years. 

20 ‘‘(2) In this subsection— 

21 ‘‘(A) the term ‘burglary’ means the unlawful 

22 entry into, or remaining in, the business premises of 

23 a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or li24 censed dealer with the intent to commit a crime; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) the term ‘robbery’ has the meaning given 

2 the term in section 1951(b).’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (m), by inserting ‘‘or attempts 

4 to do so,’’ after ‘‘or licensed collector’’. 

5 SEC. 103. CRIME OF VIOLENCE. 

6 (a) AMENDMENT TO THE DEFINITION OF CRIME OF

7 VIOLENCE.—Section 924(c)(3)(B) of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘by its nature, involves’’ and in10 serting ‘‘, based on the facts underlying the offense, 

11 involved’’; and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘may be used’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘may have been used’’. 

14 (b) APPLICATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall apply to any offense committed on 

17 or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amend19 ments made by this section shall not be construed to 

20 create any right to challenge a sentence imposed be21 fore the date of the enactment of this Act under sec22 tion 924 of title 18, United States Code. 


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1 TITLE II—MASS VIOLENCE 

2 PREVENTION CENTER 

3 SEC. 201. MASS VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER. 

4 Part G of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

5 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10211 et seq.) is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 702. MASS VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

9 Department of Justice a Mass Violence Prevention Center, 

10 which shall be supervised by the Director of Mass Violence 

11 Prevention (in this section referred to as the ‘Director’), 

12 who shall be appointed by the Director of the Federal Bu13 reau of Investigation with the approval of the President. 

14 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY OF FBI DIRECTOR.—The Director 

15 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall have author16 ity, direction, and control over the Mass Violence Preven17 tion Center and the Director of Mass Violence Prevention. 

18 ‘‘(c) REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year after the 

19 date of the enactment of this section, and annually there20 after, the Director shall submit a report to the Attorney 

21 General with respect to the following matters: 

22 ‘‘(1) The budget and programs of the Mass Vio23 lence Prevention Center. 

24 ‘‘(2) The activities of the Director under sub25 section (f). 


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1 ‘‘(3) The conduct of intelligence operations im2 plemented by other elements of the intelligence com3 munity. 

4 ‘‘(d) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Mass Violence 

5 Prevention Center shall be as follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) To serve as the primary organization in 

7 the United States Government for analyzing and in8 tegrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by 

9 the United States Government pertaining to threats 

10 of mass violence. 

11 ‘‘(2) To conduct strategic operational planning 

12 for mass violence prevention, integrating all instru13 ments of Federal, State, and local law enforcement. 

14 ‘‘(3) To recommend roles and responsibilities to 

15 Federal, State, and local law enforcement partners 

16 as part of its strategic operational planning duties to 

17 lead departments or agencies, as appropriate, for 

18 mass violence prevention that are consistent with ap19 plicable law and that support strategic operational 

20 plans for mass violence prevention. 

21 ‘‘(4) To ensure that Federal, State, and local 

22 law enforcement agencies, have access to and receive 

23 all-source intelligence support needed to execute 

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1 pendent, alternative analysis on threats of mass vio2 lence, or for other purposes, as appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(5) To serve as the central and shared knowl4 edge bank on known and suspected perpetrators of 

5 mass violence, as well as the perpetrator’s goals, 

6 strategies, capabilities, and networks of contacts and 

7 support. 

8 ‘‘(e) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIREC9 TOR.—The Director shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) provide strategic operational plans for 

11 mass violence prevention efforts of the United States 

12 Government and for the effective integration of mass 

13 violence intelligence and operations across agency 

14 boundaries; 

15 ‘‘(2) advise the Attorney General on the extent 

16 to which the mass violence prevention program rec17 ommendations and budget proposals of the depart18 ments, agencies, and elements of the United States 

19 Government conform to the priorities established by 

20 the President. 

21 ‘‘(3) disseminate mass violence threat informa22 tion, including a current mass violence threat anal23 ysis, to the President, the Vice President, the Attor24 ney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

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1 priate, and to the appropriate committees of Con2 gress; 

3 ‘‘(4) support the Department of Justice, and 

4 other appropriate agencies, in fulfillment of their re5 sponsibilities to disseminate mass violence threat in6 formation, consistent with applicable law, Executive 

7 orders, and other Presidential guidance to State and 

8 local government officials, and other entities, and co9 ordinate dissemination of mass violence threat infor10 mation to State and local law enforcement agencies 

11 as approved by the Attorney General; 

12 ‘‘(5) consistent with priorities approved by the 

13 President, establish requirements for the intelligence 

14 community for the collection of mass violence threat 

15 information; and 

16 ‘‘(6) perform such other duties as the Attorney 

17 General may prescribe or are prescribed by law. 

18 ‘‘(f) RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES.—The Attorney Gen19 eral shall resolve disagreements between the Mass Violence 

20 Prevention Center and the head of a department, agency, 

21 or element of the United States Government on designa22 tions, assignments, plans, or responsibilities under this 

23 section. The head of such a department, agency, or ele24 ment may appeal the resolution of the disagreement by 

25 the Attorney General to the President.’’. 


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1 TITLE III—ADDITIONAL UNITED 

2 STATES ATTORNEYS FOR 

3 PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBOR4 HOODS 

5 SEC. 301. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTOR6 NEYS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 

8 fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, 

9 $10,000,000 for the appointment of not fewer than 50 as10 sistant United States attorneys in such districts as the 

11 Attorney General determines appropriate, based on the in12 cidence of firearms-related violence. The duties of any as13 sistant United States attorney appointed under this sec14 tion shall, for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, consist sole15 ly of assisting in the implementation of Project Safe 

16 Neighborhoods in that district. 

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