Title: Justice for Victims of School Shootings Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Justice for Victims of School Shootings Act
This bill establishes additional criminal penalties for discharging or attempting to discharge a firearm in a school zone. In addition, it revises the applicable definition of school to include colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4207 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4207

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for enhanced 
   penalties for certain unlawful discharges of a firearm on or near 
                    schools, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 23, 2019

Mr. Weber of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for enhanced 
   penalties for certain unlawful discharges of a firearm on or near 
                    schools, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Victims of School 
Shootings Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

    Section 924(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Whoever violates'' and inserting ``(A) 
        Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, whoever 
        violates''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) Whoever violates section 922(q)(3) and thereby causes 
        harm to or the death of a person through the use of a firearm, 
        shall--
                    ``(i) for killing, or if death results to any 
                person from any other conduct prohibited by this 
                section, be punished by death or by imprisonment for 
                any term of years or for life, be fined under this 
                title, or both;
                    ``(ii) for assault resulting in serious bodily 
                injury, be imprisoned for not more than 30 years or 
                fined under this title, or both; or
                    ``(iii) for attempting or conspiring to commit an 
                offense with the intent to cause the death of any 
                person, be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or 
                fined under this title, or both.''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF ``SCHOOL'' REVISED TO INCLUDE INSTITUTIONS OF 
              HIGHER EDUCATION.

    Section 921(a)(26) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(26) The term `school' means--
                    ``(A) a school which provides elementary or 
                secondary education, as determined under State law; or
                    ``(B) for purposes of section 922(q)(3), a college, 
                university, or other postsecondary institution.''.
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