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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 226 

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 

JANUARY 8, 2015 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois 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 1st 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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