Mandatory Minimum Sentence Reform Act

Bill: 117-hr-1105
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-02-18
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Firearms and explosives

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Mandatory Minimum Sentence Reform Act</strong></p> <p>This bill creates an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentencing requirements. </p> <p>Current law prohibits and imposes a mandatory minimum sentence for using, carrying, or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. This bill excludes from the mandatory minimum sentencing requirement a federal employee outside the United States who is required to carry a firearm while on duty and who, while on duty, uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during a crime of violence.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1105 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 18, 2021 Mr. Burgess (for himself and Mr. Gohmert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mandatory Minimum Sentence Reform Act . 2. Exception to certain mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm required to be carried while on-duty Section 3261 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, if the offense is a violation of section 924(c)(1) of this title, the minimum sentencing requirements of section 924(c)(1)(A) of this title shall not apply if— (1) the person committed a crime of violence during and in relation to the offense; (2) an agency of the United States required the person to carry a firearm while on-duty; and (3) at the time the person used, carried, or possessed the firearm, the person was employed outside the United States by the agency, and was on-duty. .