Title: MVP Act of 2019
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
The Mass Violence Prevention Act of 2019 or the MVP Act of 2019
This bill modifies criminal penalties for an offense involving the theft of a firearm from a federal firearms licensee. It also directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take specified actions to prevent gun violence.
First, the bill modifies criminal penalties for an offense involving the theft of a firearm from a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, or from their business premises. Specifically, the bill (1) increases from 10 to 20 years the maximum prison term, and (2) creates a 3- or 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an offense that occurs during the commission of a burglary or robbery. Further, an attempt to commit an offense is subject to the same penalties as a substantive offense.
Next, the bill establishes a Mass Violence Prevention Center in DOJ to, among other things, serve as the primary government organization for analyzing and integrating all government intelligence pertaining to threats of mass violence.
Finally, the bill authorizes DOJ to appoint no fewer than 50 Assistant U.S. Attorneys to implement Project Safe Neighborhoods, which is a national initiative to reduce gun violence in the United States.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1339 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``The Mass Violence Prevention Act of 
2019'' or the ``MVP Act of 2019''.

             TITLE I--FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE PROTECTION

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Federal Firearms Licensee 
Protection Act of 2019''.

SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE CERTAIN PENALTIES.

    Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:
    ``(i)(1)(A) A person who knowingly violates section 922(u), or 
attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than 20 years, or both.
    ``(B) In the case of a violation described in subparagraph (A) that 
occurs during the commission of--
            ``(i) a burglary, the term of imprisonment shall be not 
        less than 3 years; or
            ``(ii) a robbery, the term of imprisonment shall be not 
        less than 5 years.
    ``(2) In this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `burglary' means the unlawful entry into, or 
        remaining in, the business premises of a licensed importer, 
        licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer with the intent to 
        commit a crime; and
            ``(B) the term `robbery' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 1951(b).''; and
            (2) in subsection (m), by inserting ``or attempts to do 
        so,'' after ``or licensed collector''.

SEC. 103. CRIME OF VIOLENCE.

    (a) Amendment to the Definition of Crime of Violence.--Section 
924(c)(3)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``by its nature, involves'' and inserting 
        ``, based on the facts underlying the offense, involved''; and
            (2) by striking ``may be used'' and inserting ``may have 
        been used''.
    (b) Application.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to any offense committed on or after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Rule of construction.--The amendments made by this 
        section shall not be construed to create any right to challenge 
        a sentence imposed before the date of the enactment of this Act 
        under section 924 of title 18, United States Code.

               TITLE II--MASS VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER

SEC. 201. MASS VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER.

    Part G of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10211 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 702. MASS VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of 
Justice a Mass Violence Prevention Center, which shall be supervised by 
the Director of Mass Violence Prevention (in this section referred to 
as the `Director'), who shall be appointed by the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation with the approval of the President.
    ``(b) Authority of FBI Director.--The Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation shall have authority, direction, and control 
over the Mass Violence Prevention Center and the Director of Mass 
Violence Prevention.
    ``(c) Reporting.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Director shall 
submit a report to the Attorney General with respect to the following 
matters:
            ``(1) The budget and programs of the Mass Violence 
        Prevention Center.
            ``(2) The activities of the Director under subsection (f).
            ``(3) The conduct of intelligence operations implemented by 
        other elements of the intelligence community.
    ``(d) Purpose.--The purpose of the Mass Violence Prevention Center 
shall be as follows:
            ``(1) To serve as the primary organization in the United 
        States Government for analyzing and integrating all 
        intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States 
        Government pertaining to threats of mass violence.
            ``(2) To conduct strategic operational planning for mass 
        violence prevention, integrating all instruments of Federal, 
        State, and local law enforcement.
            ``(3) To recommend roles and responsibilities to Federal, 
        State, and local law enforcement partners as part of its 
        strategic operational planning duties to lead departments or 
        agencies, as appropriate, for mass violence prevention that are 
        consistent with applicable law and that support strategic 
        operational plans for mass violence prevention.
            ``(4) To ensure that Federal, State, and local law 
        enforcement agencies, have access to and receive all-source 
        intelligence support needed to execute plans to prevent mass 
        violence or perform independent, alternative analysis on 
        threats of mass violence, or for other purposes, as 
        appropriate.
            ``(5) To serve as the central and shared knowledge bank on 
        known and suspected perpetrators of mass violence, as well as 
        the perpetrator's goals, strategies, capabilities, and networks 
        of contacts and support.
    ``(e) Duties and Responsibilities of Director.--The Director 
shall--
            ``(1) provide strategic operational plans for mass violence 
        prevention efforts of the United States Government and for the 
        effective integration of mass violence intelligence and 
        operations across agency boundaries;
            ``(2) advise the Attorney General on the extent to which 
        the mass violence prevention program recommendations and budget 
        proposals of the departments, agencies, and elements of the 
        United States Government conform to the priorities established 
        by the President.
            ``(3) disseminate mass violence threat information, 
        including a current mass violence threat analysis, to the 
        President, the Vice President, the Attorney General, the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, and other officials of the 
        executive branch as appropriate, and to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress;
            ``(4) support the Department of Justice, and other 
        appropriate agencies, in fulfillment of their responsibilities 
        to disseminate mass violence threat information, consistent 
        with applicable law, Executive orders, and other Presidential 
        guidance to State and local government officials, and other 
        entities, and coordinate dissemination of mass violence threat 
        information to State and local law enforcement agencies as 
        approved by the Attorney General;
            ``(5) consistent with priorities approved by the President, 
        establish requirements for the intelligence community for the 
        collection of mass violence threat information; and
            ``(6) perform such other duties as the Attorney General may 
        prescribe or are prescribed by law.
    ``(f) Resolution of Disputes.--The Attorney General shall resolve 
disagreements between the Mass Violence Prevention Center and the head 
of a department, agency, or element of the United States Government on 
designations, assignments, plans, or responsibilities under this 
section. The head of such a department, agency, or element may appeal 
the resolution of the disagreement by the Attorney General to the 
President.''.

    TITLE III--ADDITIONAL UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS FOR PROJECT SAFE 
                             NEIGHBORHOODS

SEC. 301. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, $10,000,000 for the appointment of 
not fewer than 50 assistant United States attorneys in such districts 
as the Attorney General determines appropriate, based on the incidence 
of firearms-related violence. The duties of any assistant United States 
attorney appointed under this section shall, for fiscal years 2020 
through 2024, consist solely of assisting in the implementation of 
Project Safe Neighborhoods in that district.
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