and inserting ‘‘if the firearm is a semiautomatic firearm,
a short-barreled rifle, or a short-barreled shotgun,’’.
(b) SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARM.—Section 921(a) of
title 18, United States Code, as amended by section
101(b), is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(34) The term ‘semiautomatic firearm’ means a re-
peating firearm that—
‘‘(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing
cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and
chamber the next round; and
‘‘(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to
fire each cartridge.’’.
SEC. 504. VIOLATION OF FIREARMS LAWS IN AID OF DRUG
TRAFFICKING.
Section 924(j) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(j)(1) A person who, with the intent to engage in
or to promote conduct described in paragraph (2), violates
any provision of this chapter or attempts to do so shall
be imprisoned not more than 10 years, fined under this
title, or both.
‘‘(2) Conduct is described in this paragraph if it is
conduct that—
‘‘(A) is punishable under the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Controlled
Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 951
et seq.), or the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement
Act (46 U.S.C. App. 1901 et seq.);
‘‘(B) violates any law of a State relating to any
controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of
the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 802); or
‘‘(C) constitutes a crime of violence (as defined
in subsection (c)(3)).’’.
SEC. 505. MANDATORY PENALTIES FOR FIREARMS POSSES-
SION BY VIOLENT FELONS AND SERIOUS
DRUG OFFENDERS.
(a) ONE PRIOR CONVICTION.—Section 924(a)(2) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘,
and if the violation is of section 922(g)(1) by a person
who has a previous conviction for a violent felony or a
serious drug offense (as defined in subsection (e)(2) (A)
and (B)), a sentence imposed under this paragraph shall
include an additional term of imprisonment of not less
than 5 years’’ before the period.
(b) TWO PRIOR CONVICTIONS.—Section 924 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(q)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), a person
who violates section 922(g) and has 2 previous convictions
by any court for a violent felony (as defined in subsection
(e)(2)(B)) or a serious drug offense (as defined in sub-
section (e)(2)(A)), for which a term of imprisonment ex-
ceeding 1 year has been imposed, committed on occasions
different from one another shall be fined under this title,
imprisoned not less than 10 nor more than 20 years, or
both.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the court shall
not suspend the sentence of, or grant a probationary sen-
tence to, a person described in paragraph (1) with respect
to the conviction under section 922(g).’’.
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 924 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by redesignating
paragraph (5), as added by section 110201(b)(2) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,
as paragraph (6).
TITLE VI—VIOLENT
MISDEMEANANTS
SEC. 601. PROHIBITION OF DISPOSAL OF FIREARMS OR AM-
MUNITION TO, OR RECEIPT OF FIREARMS OR
AMMUNITION BY, PERSONS CONVICTED OF A
VIOLENT CRIME OR SUBJECT TO A PROTEC-
TION ORDER.
(a) PROHIBITION OF DISPOSAL.—Section 922(d) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(7);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the follow-
ing new paragraphs:
‘‘(9) has been convicted in any court of an of-
fense that—
‘‘(A) is punishable by imprisonment for
more than 6 months; and
‘‘(B)(i) has, as an element, the use, at-
tempted use, or threatened use of physical force
against another person; or
‘‘(ii) by its nature, involves a substantial
risk that physical force against a person de-