Preventing Gun Violence Act

Bill: 113-hr-4405
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2014-04-04
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Juvenile crime and gang violence

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Preventing Gun Violence Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the trafficking in or possession of a firearm by a person who has been adjudicated of committing a violent juvenile act. </p> <p>Defines a &quot;violent juvenile act&quot; as: (1) an act by a person under the age of 18 that, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by a prison term exceeding one year and that either has, as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against another person or involves, by its nature, a substantial risk that physical force against another person may be used; and (2) such an act that is committed by a person who has attained age 18 but not age 21 for which the person is tried as a juvenile or youthful offender under state law.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4405 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 4, 2014 Mr. Israel 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 possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have committed a violent juvenile act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Gun Violence Act . 2. Prohibition on possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have committed a violent juvenile act (a) Possession ban Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking or at the end of paragraph (8); (2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting ; or ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) who has been adjudicated by a court of the United States to have committed a violent juvenile act, . (b) Violent juvenile act defined Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: (36) The term violent juvenile act means— (A) an act by a person before the person attains 18 years of age that, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year, and— (i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against another person; or (ii) by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against another person may be used in the course of committing the act; and (B) an act described in subparagraph (A)— (i) by a person who has attained 18 years of age but not 21 years of age; and (ii) for which the person is tried as a juvenile or youthful offender under State law. .