To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony in a foreign court, and for other purposes.

February 23, 2004

Mr. DEWINE (for himself and Mr. Schumer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale of a firearm to a person who has been convicted of a felony in a foreign court, 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 `Firearms Fairness and Security Act'.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FIREARM SALES TO PERSON CONVICTED OF A FELONY IN A FOREIGN COURT.

Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

`(1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted--

`(A) in any court within the United States, of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year; or

`(B) in any court outside the United States, of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year (except for any crime involving the violation of an antitrust law), if the conduct giving rise to the conviction would be punishable in any court within the United States by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year had such conduct occurred within the United States;'; and

(2) in subsection (g), by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

`(1) who has been convicted--

`(A) in any court within the United States, of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year; or

`(B) in any court outside the United States, of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year (except for any crime involving the violation of an antitrust law), if the conduct giving rise to the conviction would be punishable in any court within the United States by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year had such conduct occurred within the United States;'.

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