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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2554 

To prohibit firearms trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2011 

Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, 

Mr. CONYERS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Ms. CHU, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. FILNER, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. FARR, and Mr. QUIGLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit firearms trafficking. 

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 ‘‘Stop Gun Trafficking 

5 and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FIREARMS TRAFFICKING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘§ 932. Trafficking in firearms 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per3 son, regardless of whether anything of value is exchanged, 

4 to receive, or to transfer or otherwise dispose of to 1 or 

5 more individuals, 2 or more firearms that have been 

6 shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, 

7 knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such 

8 conduct will result in the disposing of 1 or more such fire9 arms to an individual— 

10 ‘‘(1) whose possession or receipt of the firearm 

11 would be unlawful; or 

12 ‘‘(2) who intends to or will use, carry, possess, 

13 or dispose of the firearm unlawfully. 

14 ‘‘(b) ORGANIZER.—It shall be unlawful for any per15 son to knowingly direct, promote, or facilitate conduct that 

16 violates subsection (a). 

17 ‘‘(c) CONSPIRACY.—It shall be unlawful for any per18 son to conspire to violate subsection (a). 

19 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In subsection (a): 

20 ‘‘(1) The term ‘individual whose possession or 

21 receipt of the firearm would be unlawful’ means an 

22 individual— 

23 ‘‘(A) who is under indictment or has a 

24 prior conviction for a violent felony or a felony 

25 drug offense; 


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1 ‘‘(B) who at the time of the offense was 

2 under a criminal sentence, including on proba3 tion, parole, supervised release, or work release, 

4 or in escape status; 

5 ‘‘(C) whose possession of the firearm vio6 lates or would violate section 922(x)(2); or 

7 ‘‘(D) whose possession of the firearm vio8 lates or would violate paragraph (2), (3), (4), 

9 (5), (8), or (9) of section 922(g). 

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘violent felony’ has the meaning 

11 given in section 924(e)(2)(B). 

12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘felony drug offense’ has the 

13 meaning given in section 102(44) of the Controlled 

14 Substances Act, and includes a drug trafficking 

15 crime (as defined in section 924(c)).’’. 

16 (b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(8)(A) Whoever violates subsection (a) or (b) of sec19 tion 932 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not 

20 more than 20 years, or both, subject to subparagraph (B). 

21 ‘‘(B) The term of imprisonment imposed on a person 

22 who violates section 932 in concert with 5 or more other 

23 persons with respect to whom the person occupies a posi24 tion of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other posi25 tion of management, shall be not more than 25 years. 


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1 ‘‘(C) Whoever violates section 932(c) shall be fined 

2 under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or 

3 both.’’. 

4 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

5 for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

‘‘932. Trafficking in firearms. 

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