110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1168
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend
the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to
those convicted in a foreign court.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 16, 2007
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York 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 extend
the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to
those convicted in a foreign court.
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 `Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FIREARM AND AMMUNITION PROHIBITIONS APPLICABLE TO
CONVICTED FELONS TO THOSE CONVICTED IN A FOREIGN COURT.
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting `, including any foreign court,'
after `court'; and
(2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking `court of,' and inserting `court,
including any foreign court, of'.
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